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Commanderie du Mas Deu

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Dimensions
Very ruined quadrangular fortified enclosure (ramparts ~5 m, four corner towers); Romanesque church of Sainte-Marie (12th c.) converted into a barn, the only medieval element still visible above ground.
Period
Foundation attested in 1136; mother house of the Order of the Temple for Roussillon from 1138. Dissolution in 1312 (bull of Clement V).
What stands there
ruins of the ramparts and conventual buildings (mainly 18th c.), Romanesque church of Sainte-Marie converted into a barn

Mother house of the Order of the Temple for the whole of Roussillon from 1138, the Mas Deu was one of the most powerful commanderies in the Midi, protected by a fortified enclosure five metres high flanked by four towers. In 1307, 26 Templars were still living there, and the commander Raymond de Guardia was finally acquitted at the end of the trials of 1307–1312. An accidental explosion in the 20th century completed the ruin of most of the conventual buildings; only the Romanesque church of Sainte-Marie, converted into a barn, remains clearly legible as a medieval structure. Private property belonging to a wine estate, the site is not open to the public.

Commanderie du Mas Deu — Wikipédia ↗

Further reading

Getting there : private property (wine estate) — not open to visitors

Opening times and access details are given as a guide only: check before you set out.

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Commanderie du Mas Deu
Palauenc05 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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