Compesières Commandry

[1] In 1270 the Bishop of Geneva, Aymo of Menthonay, granted the village church to the Order of Saint John.

It was used by the Order as a hospice for pilgrims, hospital and a military saltpeter factory.

The order returned to the castle in 1564,[2] but it was held by the Protestant leaders of Geneva and Bern until a treaty between Geneva and Savoy returned it completely in 1598.

[4] The order continued to hold the Commandry until the 1882, when it was transferred to the municipality of Bardonnex.

In 1955, the municipality gave one of the rooms in the castle to the Order of Malta to build a museum.