The East ramparts, Sainte-Eulalie, a photo from Midi-Pyrenees, South

Photographer's Note

November 4, 2007
Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon 120220 12230
Aveyron Midi-Pyrénées
43.983 3.133 600 m

Ramparts of Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon XVème century, Commanderie of the Knights of the Order of the Temple then of the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem.

Ramparts and gate, East side, XVème century.

Round tower, known as Tower of Touat of Marie, 20 m in height, 15th siécle.
Ramparts, 15éme century, to which houses since 1793 are leaned.
Square tower and gate, known as Tower of Alliance, 20 m in height, 15th century.
Round tower, 16 m in height, 15th century

Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon is a French commune, located in the department of Aveyron and the Midi-Pyrénées area. It is populated of 221 Saint-Eulaliens distributed out of 46 km² is 4 hab/km².

From the gift of King d' Aragon, town of Sainte-Eulalie with Elie de Montbrun and grounds surrounding it in 1158, Templiers built a large and one of the most powerful commandery of the south of France which will take part in the financing of the activities of Templiers in Palestine. It structured the Larzac while melting of other places on the Causse, of which the Village of Couvertoirade.
In 1312 the goods of Templiers are allotted to Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem.
From 1442 to 1450, the ramparts are built to be protected from the hostile close lords.
In 1575, the Protestants plundered the city which will be arranged then in a less austere style under the influence of the Renaissance.
The French revolution, will disperse the goods of Commanderie.
Since the years 1970, the whole has been joined together, restored and emphasized again.

Knights of the Order of the Temple, Templiers.
In 1119, Hugues de Payns, knight originating in Champagne, melt a militia which will become the "Knights of the Order of the Temple". Monks, knights, monks and soldiers, Templiers will defend Jerusalem, and the pilgrims going on the tomb of Christ.
In 1312, the order is dissolved, and after a lawsuit, the large Master Jacques de Molay and other Templiers are sharp flarings on roughing-hew it.

Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
Before the first crusade, a hospital is founded in Jerusalem close of the Holy Sepulchre for the Western pilgrims, other Hospitals are create in the wearing of loading Italian and Provencaux. In 1113, the Hospital of Midsummer's Day of Jerusalem is recognized like an independent hospital order.
In 1140, the Order of the Hospital becomes in military order, with néanmmoins vocation of charity and defenders of Christendom.
In 1291, following the fall of Midsummer's Day d' Acre, the Knights Templar are folded up in Cyprus, then in Rhodos.
In 1312, the goods of Templiers, after their dissolution, are allotted to the Hospital ones.
In 1522, Turkish takes Rhodos.
In 1530, the emperor Charles Quint allots Malta to the Hospital ones. They since are called Sovereign Military Order of Malta or Knights of Malta .

Square tower
Round tower

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xavshot (69835) 2007-11-11 12:37

Bonsoir Joël
tu as eu une superbe lumière ce jour là qui permet de bien faire ressortir les différentes architectures. J'aime bien le format carré qui équilibre bien l'ensemble.
Bravo
Xavier

pat0500 (21561) 2007-11-11 12:42

Bonsoir Joël,
Excellente lumière en effet et très belles couleurs également..!
Bon cadrage et bonne netteté d'image.
Bien à toi et bonne soirée.
Patrick

wautersw (3647) 2007-11-11 13:09

Bonsoir Joel,

J'aime bien la composition presque diagonale. Bonne lumière et détails excellents. TFS

Wolf

holmertz (101880) 2007-11-11 13:19

Hello Joel,
A simple but very good composition. The light in this pcture is excellent. I didn't know anything about these strange structures, so today I've learnt something about the worild through photography. Thanks for sharing.
Gert

amaryllis (37047) 2007-11-11 14:15

Bonsoir
ces trois tours sont superbes avec une bonne luminosité, et un très bon cadrage serré de celles-ci
Une belle petite commune avec ces maisons de pierre et une belle architecture
juliette

Clementi (52514) 2007-11-11 14:56

Ciao Joel ,
altra bellissima foto , stupende le torri e ottimamente conservate , interessante la nota .
bel lavoro
Giorgio

maximage (15537) 2007-11-11 14:59

Bonsoir Joel,
Assez étonnant comme ces maisons de style contemporain se sont imbriquées dans ces tours médiévales!
L'image est bien nette avec beaucoup de détails.
Comme d'hab, note très intéressante.
Bonne semaine et amitiés.
max

gracious (20025) 2007-11-11 15:18

Bonjour Joel,
Very good pov in total sharpness, vivid colour and so much details in the shot, also the most useful notes/information about this place!
well appreciation and thanks
Merci
Tony

trekks (14348) 2007-11-11 15:57

Hello Joel

Very good shot, well composed with diagonal road and verticals. Great work! TFS

cheers
Bill

Docarmo (9767) 2007-11-11 21:03

Bonjour Joël,
Excellente qualité d'image. Lumière et netteté admirables!
Merci pour la note instructive.
MC

UnTrained (0) 2007-11-11 23:22

Salut Joël,
the good upview makes this very impressive. Wonderful mixture of towers in different architecture and the houses are very clever and also a nice extra as they differ but keep the style being itself also from natural stones. The good light helps on the textures.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

toto (0) 2007-11-12 0:42

Belle photo de ces tours sur lesquelles sont venues se dresser ces jolies maisons, cela leur donne protection et assistance, c' est du moin l' effet que cela me fait. Bonne note explicative qui nous donne de l' instruction supplémentaire, ce n' est pas comme les miennes, qui sont très courtes et sont plutot des souvenirs plutot que des recherches.Bonne netteté,jolies couleurs et très bon POV.
Amitiés Thomas
Je reviens

snunney (130967) 2007-11-12 0:57

Hello Joel,
A very good point of view and perspective following the diagonal line made by the towers. The light has helped to bring out the detail and tones of the stonework; whilst the charged sky emphasises the austereness of the architecture. Good use of the square format.

pierrefonds (113474) 2007-11-12 4:24

Bonjour Joel,

Une belle image de la tour du rampart est de Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon, la photo a une bonne composition, profondeur de champs et de jolies couleurs. Bonne journée.

Pierre

Nicou (193806) 2007-11-12 4:43

Hello,

Ils on l'air vraiment immenses ces remparts, l'effet est superbe, rond et carré, génaail architecte qui les a construit.
J'aime beaucoupe le contraste entre le maison couleur jaune et les tours grises, superbe.

Bravo et belle journée

Nicou

patdeph (35750) 2007-11-12 8:28

bonsoir Joël
les couleurs,la lumière,la netteté,le cadrage tout est excellent.Et puis,c'est la première fois que je vois des remparts comme ça,avec des maisons à la place des grands murs traditionnels.C'est joli,les maisons qui s'enroulent autour des tours.Une architecture originale et superbe!
Amicalement.
Pascale

asajernigan (21427) 2007-11-12 8:44

Joel,
Your composition is great looking upward toward the top of the towers. The road leads the eye through the shot and gives the photo direction. The lighting and colors are great with nice sharpness and detail.
TFS,
Asa

syd1946 (1167) 2007-11-12 9:16

Hello Joel,
Very well composed image!Seem the square format is the best choice for this image.The Tower stands great into the frame and the low pov gives a nice perspective.Interesting note too,give us more informations to enjoy your picture...

Greetings,
Thomas

Graal (103040) 2007-11-12 9:53

Hi Joel,
an interesting place, unusual old towers and buildings, fine complementary photos in WS. Good informations and well quality of Your work.
Gr., Aleksander

jaywalker (16105) 2007-11-12 10:01

Hi Joel, Another great architecturel photo, very good POV, the scene is well captured looking up the slope, sharp showing nice detail, very good light & superbly framed, kind regards Wilson.

MarcT (20964) 2007-11-12 10:35

Salut Joel,
superbe photo "historique" avec un texte extrêmement complet pour accompagner. Rien à dire c'est techniquement superbe.
@+
Marc

chrisnet (23062) 2007-11-12 12:19

Salut Joël,
Je reconnais bien ici ton style, un belle architecture bien cadrée sous une superbe lumière, j'aime bien la diagonale des trois tours en enfilade.
Amitiés

bracasha75 (24591) 2007-11-12 12:24

Hi Joel
Beautiful France Arch. good composition
Nice work
Cheers,Braca

jonathan_hart (21276) 2007-11-12 12:47

bonjour Joël
jolie perspective ensoleillée dans un format qui convient bien
amicalement
jo

gilou530 (34) 2007-11-12 13:57

salut joel
un autre POV bien vu, bonne lumiére cette tour creve l'écran, l'enchainement des deux autre est bien fait, la note est excellente, beau post
amitiés
gilbert

paololg (31448) 2007-11-12 14:49

Ciao Joel,
a parte il bel soggetto, la cosa che più mi piace di questa foto è la magnifica luce in contrapposizione al cielo grigio. Con la nitidezza perfetta hai fatto veramente un bel lavoro. Complimenti.
Paolo.

testmaniac (13508) 2007-11-12 23:16

Hi Joel, nice architecture shot with good POV and composition. Very interesting place with this towers.

TFS and regards,
Philip

gildasjan (43826) 2007-11-13 1:40

Bonjour Joel
Que de la pierre et de la belle pierre.Tu as choisi le bon POV pour avoir une belle perspective avec l'enfilade de ces tours.La lumière est très bien gérée et son orientation met bien le caractère de l'architecture en valeur et comme à l'habitude un excellent texte accompagnateur.
Bonne journée.
Amicalement
Gildas

jemaflor (146168) 2007-11-13 2:57

Salut Joel,
superbe cette tour et aussi ta composition, le cadrage met bien en valeur ton sujet, bonne quamité de la photo, c'est réussi.
a+

Gerrit (62042) 2007-11-13 13:34

Hi Joël,
fantastic architecture caught in heavenly light fromn a great POV. Perfect picture,
groeten Gerrit

guillaumejm (0) 2007-11-13 13:56

Bonsoir joel,
une notre très fouillée, comme d'habitude. Au niveau photo je lui trouve un aire un peu étriqué, certainement du à la déformation géométrique. As-tu essayé une correction de perspectives?.
Cordialement
JMarc

adores (46979) 2007-11-13 17:33

Hi Joel!
These towers are really connected with the other house. Very interesting pov and colours. Seems a very interesting old place.

maltese (22909) 2007-11-14 8:43

Salut jOël
C'est assez étonnant ces tours encastrées dans les maisons. Ce mélange de couleurs de pierre est du plus bel effet. Une belle réalisation avec une belle netteté et une bonne composition.
Du bon travail et un joli coup d'œil!!
Amicalement
Hervé

Budapestman (82620) 2007-11-16 1:47

Hi Joel,
Great architecture image the note is splendid and very interesting. The diagonal composition is very attractive, I like the different towers and the superb details. Clarity and sharpness is excellent. Beautiful and interesting architecture shot once more, Great! Have a nice weekend
George

Loic_bzh (7646) 2007-11-16 2:14

Bonjour Joël,

j'aime beaucoup la façon dont ce bâtiment (sans doute plus récent) est venu se coller littéralement à cette tour, comme pour chercher sa protection... La lumière est bonne et met bien le tout en valeur.

Bonne journée et bon week-end,

Loïc

Greg1949 (9011) 2007-11-16 17:30

Good shot Joel, this shows the uphill slope away from the camera very well and the resulting odd looking angles make the picture very interesting. Inspection of course just shown this to all be perspective but you have done it very well.

Greg

jafadabret (56501) 2008-08-26 0:02

Bonjour Joël.
Ces remparts ont encore fière allure. Dommage que des maisons se soient accolées à ces murs de défense. Tu as eu la bonne lumère pour mettre en valeur ces vestiges d'oeuvres de Templiers.
Jacques

Photo Information

Copyright: joel berthonneau (jlbrthnn) (76043)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-11-04
Categories: Castles, Architecture
Camera: Canon Powershot S3 IS
Exposure: f/4, 1/1000 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
Map: view
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): ancient towers from all the world, Causse du Larzac [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-11-11 12:35