Church
The Catholic collegiate church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste and Saint-Jean-l’Evangéliste dates from the 14th century. The original wooden roof was replaced in the 19th century.
The church contains an organ made by the brothers Barthélémy and Honoré Julien from Marseille in 1690. The organ was originally installed in the Couvent des Cordeliers in Avignon and was moved to the church in Roquemaure in 1820. The walnut casing dates from 1820 when the organ was moved.
In 1868 some relics of Saint Valentine were placed in the church after being purchased from Rome by Maximilian Richard, a local dignitary as it was believed that the relics would protect the vines from phylloxera which had ravaged the vineyards in 1866.
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