Discover the exterior of the preceptory building

Name: Discover the exterior of the preceptory building
Start: 2022-09-18T14:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Commanderie de Sallebruneau

Discover the exterior of the preceptory and the works carried out for more than 40 years by passionate volunteers, as well as the medieval garden of aromatic and medicinal plants.

Sunday 18 September 2022, 14:30Passed

Conditions

Free. Free entrance.

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Types d'événement

Visite libre

Thème 2022

Patrimoine durable

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

About the location

Commanderie de Sallebruneau

2-224 Sallebruneau, 33760 Frontenac

Gironde
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

• Presentation The preceptory consists of two adjoining buildings: the church (built in the twelfth century) in the south and the castle (fortified house of the sixteenth century) in the north whose plan is part of a quadrilateral has for exterior dimensions approximately: 19.5 metres by 24.6 metres. The layout of the house in the north is mentioned several times in the preceptories of Saintonge and Aunis. Given that this architectural element has disappeared from almost all the establishments in Aquitaine, it is difficult to establish the same conclusion for our region.
Despite the damage brought by the vicissitudes of local history: the end of the Hundred Years' War, local conflicts with neighbouring seigneuries and wars of religion, Sallebruneau is a remarkable witness to the end of the Middle Ages. One of the reasons for the safeguard measures taken for Sallebruneau lies precisely in the presence of this dwelling and its defensive elements of great interest.
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