Ark of the Covenant is NOT in Laon Cathedral

Laon Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church located in the city of Laon, 137 km to the northeast of Paris. Completed in 1235, it is one of the oldest cathedrals in France. The church served as the cathedral of the Diocese of Laon until 1802, and has been recognized as a monument historique since 1840.

There is no documented connection between Laon Cathedral and the Templars; however, the latter were present in Laon since 1134 (100 years before the cathedral was completed) when Bishop of Laon helped the Templars to settle in the city.

The (really weird) theory about the connection between Laon Cathedral and the Templars was put forward by a German journalist (he specializes in mysteries of history) Tobias Wabbel in his book “The Templar Treasure: An Investigation”

In his book he claims (correctly) that The Templars found the Ark of the Covenant of the Israelites beneath the Temple Mount of Jerusalem and transported it to France (more precisely, in 1187 when the fall of Jerusalem became inevitable).

Then he claims that in France the Ark was first kept in Payns, in Clairvaux Abbey, then in Rome, St.-Denis, Chartres and, finally, in Laon. This is not true because the Ark was so valuable to Templars that they had to keep it in the safest possible place. Which was their European HQ in Paris, where it resides since 1187.

He claims that Baphomet is none other than the Ark of the Covenant. This is partially true as the inquisitors invented Baphomet on the basis or rumors about (some) Templars worshipped a magical object. Which was the Ark.

Then he claims that Chr;tien de Troyes and Wolfram von Eschenbach included the Ark of the Covenant in encrypted form in the Grail stories Perceval and Parzival and thus that they knew that the Templars had the Ark.

This is total rubbish as letting this knowledge out of the circle of 12 members of the Ark Templar religion (a Unitarian/Arian heretical Christian sect) was tantamount to inviting the Inquisition into their religious ceremonies. Suicidal.

He claims that France’s Gothic cathedrals represent the Temple of Solomon. This claim was thoroughly debunked many, many times. Contrary to his other claims, the Holy of Holies of Ark Templar religion were located (obviously) in Templar HQ: in Jerusalem, Cyprus and Paris.

There are rumours that Adolf Hitler developed an incredible interest in Laon Cathedral. Hitler visited Laon (and the cathedral) after the fall of France in 1940. But why exactly he was interested and why he visited Laon, no one knows for sure.