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TEMPLAR
VILLAGE
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Eulalie de Cernon |
Sainte
Eulalie
de Cernon
is one of most
preserved
templar
commandery.
See the main stairs, the
frescos represent the christian virtues, Charity,
Hope, Faith. The little watch tower has "religious grafitis".
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Sainte-Eulalie de Cernon, like others fortified
places on the Larzac Plateau has kept preserved
medieval ambiance that one's feel walking in the
network of these little streets.
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It's
mainly due to Jean de Bernuy-Villeneuve who,
in the XVII th century modernised the former
templar commandery. This fortified village has
all its towers. It
was the most important templar commandery in
the south of France. After the fall of Templars,
the commandery belonged to the Knights of Saint
John of Jerusalem. They built the towers and
the walls during the hundred years War, after
that a panic was triggered by a horde of mercenaries
who invaded one of the castle of the Knights.
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The
" Commandeur square"
The
Templar church overlooked a nice square enhanced
by a nice fountain.
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At
the XVII th century, the commander Jean de Bernuy-Villeneuve
bring a renaissance style to the old templar commandery.
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