Mandajors Castle
| Mandajors Castle | ||
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 View of the apse of the Romanesque castle chapel |
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| Alternative name (s): | Château de Mandajors | |
| Creation time : | 12th Century | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Place: | Saint-Paul-la-Coste | |
| Geographical location | 44 ° 9 '53.6 " N , 3 ° 56' 37.6" E | |
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The Mandajors Castle ( French Château de Mandajors ) is the ruin of a hilltop castle in Saint-Paul-la-Coste in the Cevennes in the Gard department .
history
The castle was built on a rocky outcrop along an important road in the 12th century by the lords of Mandajors .
In the course of the Counter Reformation, a royal garrison was stationed at the castle to fight the Protestant camisards in 1702 , which was set on fire and destroyed in the Camisard War in 1703.
The castle chapel , a simple Romanesque hall with a semicircular apse , has been preserved and has been used for Protestant worship since 1727. Its gable bears the inscription Église réformée de France, 1727 .
Web links
- View of the chapel's apse
- www.saint-paul-la-coste.fr History (French)
