La Garde-Adhémar

La Garde- Adhemar is a commune with 1107 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011 ) in the department of Drôme in the Rhône -Alpes; it belongs to the arrondissement of Nyons and the canton Pierre bar.

The village is classified as one of the plus beaux villages de France ( most beautiful villages in France ).

History

La Garde- Adhemar situated on a cliff that overlooks the Rhone Valley in the amount of Pierre bar. In the Middle Ages the town was an important fortress of the Adhemar family. In the 16th century a Renaissance castle was built by Antoine Escalin, Baron de la Garde, ambassadors and general galley, built, which was destroyed by a tower during the revolution. In this castle lived Pauline de Grignan, Marquise de Simiane, daughter of Françoise de Sévgné, Comtesse de Grignan, and granddaughter of the Marquise de Sévigné.

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Attractions

• The Church of St- Michel de La Garde- Adhemar ( Monument historique 1862)
• The priory of Notre -Dame du Val des Nymphs ( Monument historique 1889)
• The Chapel of the Penitents Blancs ( Monument historique )
• The garden of the presbytery on the rocky slope below the church, which was designed in 1990 as a herb garden.