A courtyard fountain and a baptismal font - very, very old!
This is the most well preserved commandery in France (XII-XVIIth century). There are remnants from both the Templars and the Hospitallers. Here we found written documents of the oaths taken by the Templars, the clothes they wore, the weapons they fought with, the symbols that they proudly carried to prove their allegiance. There was even wall graffiti that was carved into the stone walls in 1761.
We learned how the short beds didn't mean that they were all short people, but that they slept sitting up, with their sword at the ready. Personally, I think they found the stone ground just too cold and uncomfortable!
We even hammed it up - just a wee bit!
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