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France, Charente department, 7 km south of Cognac, village of Salles-d'Angles.
Two documents attest to the Templar origins of the Angles commandery. The first document is a deed drawn up in 1214 between the commander of Châteaubernard and Angles and a priest named André concerning mills located near the house in Angles.
The second document, dated 1295, is a deed of sale for a mill to Hugues de Narzac, a Templar knight and commander of Châteaubernard and Angles. In addition to specifying, like the first document, that Angles was founded by the Knights Templar, it also tells us that Angles has always been attached to Châteaubernard, no doubt because its income was too modest to support a commander on its own.
The only remaining vestige, as in many other places, is the chapel, which stands in the centre of a small square that used to be the old cemetery.
It is a sober, even austere building. The doorway is a round arch with no mouldings, and the tall, narrow window above it is partially blocked up.
The triple window at the chevet is cut off by the roof of the sacristy, an unsightly appendage that was probably added towards the end of the 18th century. Two openings in the south wall complete the building's windows.
Some graffiti, most of it probably medieval, can be seen on the south and west walls of the building.
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