Chapelle des Templiers

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The Chapel of Clisson or Madeleine du Temple or Chapel of the Templiers is a church in the French department of Loire-Atlantique, in the commune of Clisson. It dates from the end of the 12th century, and was built in the Romanesque style, for a Templar Commandery before becoming a hospital commander. It consisted, in addition to the church, of a manor house, the mill of Plessard, cultivated land and a cemetery.

Location: What remains of the building is located in the Madeleine district, a dead end of the commandery.

Description: This monument dates from the end of the 12th century, and is composed of a nave, a choir and an apse, all vaulted and oriented towards the southeast. The early chapel is preceded by a lower building, added after the fact, which was not vaulted. This first nave due to the late 15th century, therefore more recent than the chapel, is 8.45 m long, by 6.45 m wide. The gable of its facade is 8.50 m high. We enter through a broken arch door. In the left or north-east flank, is pierced a window in broken arch, with sills of the late 15th century, and the wall opposite in ruins, had to present...