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Le château en bref
The castellas of Bouquet (Gard), first mentioned in 1156 under the name 'castrum de Bocheto', was initially shared among several co-lords, including the viscount and the bishop of Uzès, before the Barjac-Rochegude family held sway over it for roughly four centuries from the 16th century onwards. In 1594, the marriage of Jacques de Barjac to Diane d'Albenas led the family to leave for the château of Vacquières, which was more recent and more comfortable, marking the beginning of the castellas' decline: in 1726, Antoine de Julien officially declared it 'vieux château et forteresse en ruine et inhabitable'. Sold before the Revolution by the Julien family to the Roux family, then passed on to the Darroussin family, it survives today in a ruined state, its stones having probably been taken by peasants for other buildings.