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Le château en bref
Château de Collias (Gard) traces its origins to an eleventh-century tower built on a rocky promontory overlooking the Gardon valley, to watch over the roads linking Uzès, Nîmes and the Rhône valley. Recent excavations there have uncovered ancient potsherds and a Roman stone dedicated to Aphrodite. Contested between Catholics and Protestants during the Wars of Religion, the fortress was transformed into an aristocratic residence between 1584 and 1614, with a monumental spiral staircase in stone and mullioned windows. In the eighteenth century, the Fournier de La Chapelle family, enriched by sugar plantations in the Caribbean, had a classical façade added and entrusted the gardens to the landscape designer François-Joseph Bélanger, who also designed Bagatelle. Napoleon gave the estate to François-Xavier Joliclerc for having foiled a royalist plot. Returning from Italy in 1815 with craftsmen, Joliclerc had painted ceilings and granito floors added, which remain visible today. Fully restored since 2019, the château, now privately owned, is available for hire as an exceptional venue accommodating 28 guests in lodging (14 bedrooms) and up to 200 guests outdoors for weddings, private receptions, seminars and family stays.
- Époque de construction
- Xᵉ siècle (1000)
- Localisation
- Collias, GARD
- Usage actuel
- Établissement hôtelier de luxe en location privée : 14 chambres (28 personnes), séminaires, cours de cuisine et mariages, jusqu'à 80 personnes ; restaurant, piscine et parc.