Audio tour Villa Dei
14 sights
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Audio tour Summary
Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.Villedieu-les-Poêles was the first Hospitaller commandery of the order of Saint John of Jerusalem, better known today as the Order of Malta.
Around 1130, Henri I Beauclerc, Duke of Normandy and King of England, gave an 11-hectare plot of land to the Hospitallers in return for services rendered in the Holy Land. The town, named « Ville-Dieu » (God’s town) by the knigths, developed rapidly thanks to the privileges connected with this gift, which included freedom from tithes to the Bishop, taxes, and forced labour for the King. - 1 Villa Dei
- 2 The stone bridge
- 3 The tanneries along the river Sienne
- 4 The Commander's residence
- 5 The bell foundry
- 6 Notre-Dame church
- 7 The town hall
- 8 Notre-Dame church
- 9 Place de la République
- 10 The copper workshop
- 11 The Cour du Foyer
- 12 The wash houses
- 13 The Cour de la Luzerne
- 14 Lacemakers at Villedieu-les-Poêles
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Audio tour Summary
Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.Villedieu-les-Poêles was the first Hospitaller commandery of the order of Saint John of Jerusalem, better known today as the Order of Malta.
Around 1130, Henri I Beauclerc, Duke of Normandy and King of England, gave an 11-hectare plot of land to the Hospitallers in return for services rendered in the Holy Land. The town, named « Ville-Dieu » (God’s town) by the knigths, developed rapidly thanks to the privileges connected with this gift, which included freedom from tithes to the Bishop, taxes, and forced labour for the King.
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