{"id":3632,"date":"2020-07-02T09:11:02","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T07:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.we-love-camping.com\/camping-by-la-couvertoirade-templar-city-in-the-heart-of-larzac\/"},"modified":"2020-07-02T09:12:29","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T07:12:29","slug":"camping-by-la-couvertoirade-templar-city-in-the-heart-of-larzac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.we-love-camping.com\/en\/camping-by-la-couvertoirade-templar-city-in-the-heart-of-larzac\/","title":{"rendered":"Camping by la Couvertoirade, Templar city in the heart of Larzac"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the south of the Aveyron, on the border of The Herault region, lies the Larzac Plateau, a vast wilderness, both austere and fascinating. This preserved territory is also a land of history marked by the presence of the Templars, and especially in the medieval village of LA COUVERTOIRADE<\/strong> which seems to have not changed since the time of the Templars.<\/p>\n

The history of the Templars on the Larzac<\/h2>\n

The Order of the Templars was established in 1129, 30 years after the first crusade. This religious and military order was intended to protect pilgrims who were travelling to the Holy Land in Jerusalem. In order to carry out and finance its missions, the Templars founded throughout Christian Europe, a network of monasteries called “commanderies”. The most important in France is located on the Larzac following the donation of the church of Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon to order by the abbot of Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert. In addition to the village of Sainte-Eulalie, five fortified sites were created on the Larzac: La Cavalerie, Saint-Jean-d’Alcas, Le Viala-du-Pas-de-Jaux and La Couvertoirade. The influence of the Templars, however, extended beyond these walls as they strongly influenced the Larzac plateau, developing sheep farming in particular. From this period has survived the tradition of the “lavognes”, these artificial ponds with a stone bottom intended to collect rainwater on this arid plateau where water is scarce. You can admire one near the Couvertoirade, the most emblematic of the Templar cities of Larzac. When the Order of the Templars was dissolved by Pope Clement V, following the conflicts between the King of France and the papacy, his property was given to the order of the Hospitaliers who took over from the Templars. It was the Hospitaliers who built the ramparts of the Covered in the 15th century.<\/p>\n\n\t\t