Château des Barbuts

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Le château en bref

The Château des Barbuts, in Saint-André-de-Valborgne (Gard), is a fortified manor house dating from the early fourteenth century, built for the Béringuier family. It has an inner courtyard enclosed by a curtain-wall rampart, with a corner bartizan protected by a machicolation, and a large square tower guarding the entrance. Acquired by marriage by the Broche de Saint-André family in the seventeenth century, it saw the death in 1750 of Charles de Broche de Béringuier, who was buried in the castle garden. During the Revolution, the mayor Mathieu de Broche, elected in 1792, was imprisoned but saved from execution by a local petition. The eastern part was sold in 1827. Privately owned by the Blanc family, who replanted the chestnut trees once uprooted, the château is not open to visitors but remains visible from the RD 10 departmental road.