Templar orders in Poitou-Charente

Templar Commandery
16230 Maine-de-Boixe

The commandory of Boixe, former Templar and 12th century hospital, is located in Maine-de-Boixe in Charente. Its remains, including a Romanesque chapel, bear witness to its medieval and religious past.

Romanesque Church
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.

Templar Commandery
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.

Templar Commandery
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.

Templar Commandery
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.

Romanesque Church
16360 Le Tâtre

Saint-Jean du Tâtre, former Templar Commandery and then Hospitaller of the 13th and 14th centuries, is located in Le Tâtre in Charente. Its parish church, an ancient Templar chapel, bears witness to its medieval past and its role on the roads of Compostela.

Templar Commandery
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.

Templar Commandery
86470 Boivre-la-Vallée

The former Commanderie des Hospitaliers, built in the fourth quarter of the 14th century in Boivre-la-Vallée (New Aquitaine), is a medieval monument fortified by the Wars of Religion and the Revolution, preserving remarkable architectural elements such as a chapel and a monumental staircase.