Standing on a high rock, the chapel, castle and ramparts that dominated the medieval village of La Garde were built in the early 12th century using locally quarried stone and materials from Gallo-Roman ruins.
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The chapel, listed as a Monument Historique, is the former castral chapel. It comprises a single 3-bay nave with a slightly broken barrel vault, and a semi-circular apse with a cul-de-four vault. It was enlarged around 1480 with the construction of the Saint Jean-Baptiste chapel to the north (no longer standing) and the ogival Notre-Dame de l'Annonciade chapel to the south, where Elisabeth de Forbin founded a chapel in 1537. The church was originally topped by a heavy bell tower, which Curé...
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