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Le château en bref
Château de Caveirac, in the Gard department, west of Nîmes, was built between 1659 and 1666, probably by the Nîmes architect Jean Talard, and was then enlarged between 1697 and 1709 by the Nîmes master builder Jacques Cubizol. Its 35-hectare park, laid out from 1699, and its U-shaped court of honour earned the estate the nickname ‘the little Versailles of the South’. The estate passed successively to the Boisson family (from 1653), the Sartre family (from 1697) and the Novy family (1713–1826). At the beginning of the 18th century, the château was the scene of clashes between Louis XIV’s troops and the Camisards in the Vaunage, and it was regularly visited by the intendant of Languedoc, Lamoignon de Basville. Now owned by the commune, the château has been undergoing restoration work since 2009, including the renovation of the façades of the court of honour. The first-floor study is listed as a historic monument, while the rest of the château, its outbuildings and the garden are registered as historic monuments.