Midi-Pyrénées, Aveyron, Ste-Eulalie-de-Cernon, France

This house has a history... During the French Revolution of 1789, on 25 Fructidor, Year II (August 15, 1794), the commandery of Sainte Eulalie du Larzac was divided into 32 lots, which were then sold at auction. Each building lot included, if possible, a portion of the park. This house is one of those lots. The terrace and gardens on the south side are part of the park. The house can be accessed either from the beautiful fountain square via a long corridor beneath the current commandery, then through a 17th-century gate opening onto an open-air terrace on the north side; or via a gate, garden, and terrace on the south side. Inside, one finds walls and arches with remarkable stonework, built with master craftsmanship, and 14th-century buttresses, dating from the time of the Knights Templar, which rise from the base to the top of the fortified structure and which, until the 15th century, overlooked the park and the orangery. Still inside, one notices a corbel and trilobed twin windows, which could be reused during a restoration or historical reconstruction. All of this is in a perfect state of preservation. To the south, the section built in the 15th century by the Hospitallers, with large windows--one mullioned and two dating from the 15th century, closed up in the 19th century--was built against the 15th-century Hospitaller ramparts. In this section is a large room known as the Commander's Pink Room, with a large stucco fireplace bearing the coat of arms of the last Commander of Sainte Eulalie, Jean Antoine Charles Elzéar de Riqueti Mirabeau, buried in Malta. Part of the French-style ceiling retains the carved red wood beams from the Larzac region. Two Templar buttresses with remarkable stonework are partially visible on the first and second floors. This historic house is waiting for you!