Templar orders in Poitou-Charente

Eglise romane
16250 Cressac-Saint-Genis

The Cressac Commanderie, former Templar Commandery and 12th century Hospitaller, is located in Cressac-Saint-Genis, Charente. It houses a remarkable chapel for its medieval frescoes depicting scenes of crusades, classified as Historic Monument since 1914.

Commanderie templière
86100 Châtellerault

The Auzon Commanderie, former Templar Commandery and then 12th century Hospitaller, is located in Châtellerault, New Aquitaine. Its history is marked by its central role in Aquitaine and its partially preserved medieval frescoes.

Commanderie templière
86340 La Villedieu-du-Clain

La Commanderie Gaillard, located in La Villedieu-du-Clain in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, is a 17th-century historical monument known for its classified dovecote.

Commanderie templière
86200 Loudun

The commanderie Saint-Jean de Loudun, built in the 13th century, is a historical monument templier then hospitalier located in Loudun, New Aquitaine, witness of the order of Saint-Jean-de-Jérusalem.

Commanderie templière
86100 Senillé-Saint-Sauveur

The Commanderie de la Foucaudière, founded in the 15th century in Senillé-Saint-Sauveur in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, is a former Antonin priory transformed into a commandery, a witness to medieval architecture and the historical conflicts of the region.

Commanderie templière
79290 Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay

The former prefecture of Prailles, founded in the 12th century in Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay, is a medieval complex including chapel, convent buildings and lodges, bearing witness to the hospital architecture of the 12th-XVIth centuries.

Commanderie templière
86120 Bournand

The Commanderie des Moulins, built in the 13th and 15th centuries in Bournand, New Aquitaine, is a former Templar and then a hospital, now partially in ruins with a preserved Gothic house and chapel.

Logis
86300 Chauvigny

The Logis des Templiers de Chauvigny is a 13th-century medieval monument located in the lower town of Chauvigny, New Aquitaine, formerly linked to the Knights of the Temple.