Poët-Laval

Poët-Laval is a common French, located in the department of the Drome and the area the Rhone-Alps.

Geography

Village of the Drome of Provence, in the middle of the lavenders and of corns, the old commandery about Malta is a village in the shape of pyramid capped with a castle and a Romance vault. On a escarpé site of the valley of Jabron, this medieval village falls under a superb panorama of wooded buttresses.

Opulent inheritance about Saint-Jean-of-Jerusalem.

Poët-Laval, with its castle which overhangs the valley, is a commune now gratifiée of the label of the more beautiful villages of France, decreed by an independent association aiming at promoting the tourist assets of small rich French communes of an inheritance of quality.

Village to 5 km of Dieulefit, 15 km of Grignan, 20 km of Montélimar, 20km of Nyons, a little less than 90 km of Avignon, 170 km of Lyon, 175 km of Marseilles, and, with less than 3 hours of Paris in the TGV.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Poët-Laval means the monticule of the valley (pogetum vallis).

A hurled tower, a majestic Keep (the famous most beautiful being of Provence), an old village with the tortuous and majestic lanes where time stopped ............. with the Middle Ages!

It is at the 12th century that Poët-Laval makes its entry in the History. An entry with full orchestra! It is at that time that the Hospital ones of Midsummer's Day of Jerusalem, an order semi-monk, semi-soldier, created in Palestine as of the beginning of the Crusades, establish there, probably at the instigation of one their Large-Masters, originating in the area, one of the most important commanderies of Provence. In the lanes which resembled those that in love ones with the hurdy-gurdies stones traverse today, sauntered, there is a little less than thousand years, of the monk-knights to the long bearing black coat on the left side the white cross with eight points symbolizing Huits Béatitudes of the Sermon on the Mountain. It is them which made build not to live there but to resist to the attackers it Donjon, with which starts and any visit of Poët-Laval finishes. It is the Gothic period which put a smile on the austere frontage by boring a very pretty window there at double warhead.

The Vault in hemicycle with three edges, offers enough an good example of Romanesque art. The Midsummer's Day Tower, which was set up directly above the furnace bridge, also dates from the Romance time. It is with it that ended the enclosure which enclosed the hill and inside which the dwellings gradually grouped. One finds this enclosure, perfectly restored, in the low part of the village, beside the Tower of the South.

At the 15th century, the Hospital ones become Chevaliers of Malta made build with the south-western angle a news Commanderie (Living room of the Commanders) which one will not fail to admire the turns as well as the frontage decorated with superb cross gothic scripts.

The Museum of the Protestantism From the Dauphine, installed in the old temple and which since of old bibles huguenotes to old stools used during the clandestine meetings, gathers moving memories, in particular over the period of persecutions which the area the shortly after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes knew.

Economy

Events

  • Guided visit of the Castle the every in July day and. August of 10:00 to 11:30 and 14:00 with 18:30.

  • Gone in the court of the Castle in summer period

  • Concerts with the old men Poët-Laval de Mars at September

  • Inaugurated in 1995 by an exposure of the Czech sculptor of origin Yvan Theimer, the center of art proposes each year an exposure of spring, with topic, and an exposure of summer of an artist of great reputation. Temporary exhibitions high level on a national plan and international.

  • the museum of Protestantism From the Dauphine, will plunge you in the history of the Reform at our days (old temple of the XVIIe century, Bibles, documents, objects of worship, photographs,…).

  • Glares Festival of the Voice: Before first in August (2nd week) concerts in the country of Dieulefit of which Poët-Laval. Festival in September (3rd week) concerts in the country of Dieulefit of which Poët-Laval.

Personalities related to the commune

See too

  • Common of Drome

Dieulefit (5 km). To visit: Church Saint Rock built in 1710 Church St Pierre or vault of the penitent ones Notre Dame of the Hold, built on a site Gallo Romain

Rochebaudin The village that you can discover is built in 2 parts: the first was established on Right Bank during the Middle Ages and the second part was built with the rebirth To visit: the castle extremely built by Clermont-Montoison The door bell, vestiges of a vault intended for the pilgrims who went to St Jacques de Compostelle Notre Dame de Sénisse built in 1820

Chateauneuf of mazenc Built in amphitheater on the slope of a hill, it was formerly dominated by a XII century old castle To visit: carry strengthened Romance church Turn “the Belfry” XII century

Pont de barret The village of Bridge of Barret is located at the north of the canton. You will be able to reach it by taking the Montélimart road and while taking on your line in Souspierre To visit: Pont du IX century Notre Dame of Brown the XI century Castle of Saint Ironwood Holy vault Jeanne d' Arc

Comps is a rural district, with the cattle-breeding farms, disseminated in hollows of small valleys where the marnes level give to the landscape a particular brutality. A splendid panorama is visible since the Romance Vault of the 12th century that we advise you to spend time to admire, because the architectural purity does of them one of most beautiful curiosities of the canton. Visit castle.

The rock-saint-secrecy Located between Dieulefit and Valréas, the Rock-Saint-Secrecy is traversed by Lez. This commune is more " provençale" country of Dieulefit with its vines, its fields of lavandin and its orchards of apricot trees. Visit distilling of lavender. Tasting of honey.

External bonds

  • Poët-Laval on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Poët-Laval on the site of INSEE
  • Poët-Laval on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Poët-Laval on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Plane on Poët-Laval on Mapquest

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