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Le château en bref
The Château de Castries, nicknamed ‘the Little Versailles of Languedoc’, overlooks the town of Castries, near Montpellier, in the Hérault department. Owned by the House of Castries since 1465, it was rebuilt in 1565 by Jacques de Castries on earlier medieval foundations. Its gardens were laid out in 1666 by André Le Nôtre and fed by an aqueduct attributed to Pierre-Paul Riquet. Damaged during the French Revolution, it was restored in 1828. René de La Croix de Castries, who had acquired it in 1935, donated it to the Académie française in 1985. The Académie now manages it together with the Institut de France. Listed as a Monument historique, the château is open to the public.