Bormettes Hospital

Name: Bormettes Hospital
Address: 1953, 17 de Borrel à Brégançon, La Londe-les-Maures, 83250, FRANCE

Historic site and monument
Historic patrimony
Religious heritage
Religious site
Hospital

1953, 17 de Borrel à Brégançon, 83250 La Londe-les-Maures

Hôpital des Bormettes - © OTI La Londe les Maures — ©OTI La Londe les Maures

Aquarelle Léproserie - © OTI La Londe les Maures — ©OTI La Londe les Maures

Blason de La Londe les Maures - © OTI La Londe les Maures — ©OTI La Londe les Maures

Emplacement de l'hôpital des Bormettes - © OTI La Londe les Maures — ©OTI La Londe les Maures

This small hill is named after a Hospital that disappeared, owned by the religious and hospitable Order of Malta from 1698 to 1789.

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Its construction may even date back to the installation by the Templars of an important farm in this place, allowing the supply of the crusaders. It became part of the Commanderie hospitalière de Beaulieu in 1338. After returning from the crusades in 1254, three knights are said to have found rest and healing here.
The three crosses in the town's coat of arms symbolise the crusaders' insignia, which each would have offered as a thank you to the hospitaliers.
A watercolour done in 1939, when the remains of this hospital still existed, gives an idea of its architecture, if it is even realistic...

Its construction may even date back to the installation by the Templars of an important farm in this place, allowing the supply of the crusaders.
It became part of the Commanderie hospitalière de Beaulieu in 1338.
After returning from the crusades in 1254, three knights are said to have found rest and healing here.
The three crosses in the town's coat of arms symbolise the crusaders' insignia, which each would have offered as a thank you to the hospitaliers.
A watercolour done in 1939,...