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The Château de la Commanderie is located at Le Mayet-d'École, in the Allier. It corresponds to the former Templar commandery of the place, founded within the Order of the Temple, officially recognised in 1112 by a bull of Pope Paschal II. After the suppression of the Order of the Temple in the early 14th century, the commandery passed to the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, which strengthened its local influence by attaching the commandery of La Marche to it. Originally, the establishment took the form of a fortress on a square plan, surrounded by wide moats and organised around two inner courtyards. The present building retains a main range pierced by numerous 18th-century windows, flanked by two round towers: one, imposing and crenellated, is a vestige of the original castle, while the other, more recent, is topped by a conical roof.