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Commanderie de Jalès

Berrias-et-Casteljau

Dimensions
12th-century Romanesque chapel (late medieval wall paintings), residential block and 18th-century civil buildings, crenellated walls, sentry boxes, gateways.
Period
Founded around 1140, chiefly economic in purpose. Passed to the Hospitallers after 1312. Restored as a residence from 1740; commander from 1782 to 1788: the Bailli de Suffren.
What stands there
Romanesque chapel with wall paintings, 18th-century apartments, ramparts and defences

Founded around 1140 in the plain of Berrias, the commandery of Jalès had at first an economic rather than a military purpose, before passing to the Hospitallers after the suppression of the Order of the Temple. Restored as a seigneurial residence from 1740, it had as its commander, from 1782 until his death in 1788, the celebrated Bailli de Suffren, naval hero of the American War of Independence. A few years later, the estate became the scene of the "camps de Jalès", armed counter-revolutionary gatherings of the early 1790s. Today owned by an association and open to visitors, the site also houses a CNRS research unit specialising in the archaeology of the ancient Near East.

Commanderie de Jalès — Wikipédia ↗

Further reading

Getting there : paid guided tours (€5, free under 11) in season, run by the Act'Jalès association

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

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Commanderie de Jalès
Alainauzas · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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