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Le château en bref
Cazilhac Castle, at Le Bousquet-d'Orb (Hérault), on the Via Tolosana pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela, belonged in the Middle Ages to Joncels Abbey, which is mentioned as early as 851. Occupied and plundered during the Hundred Years' War in 1370, it was acquired in 1512 by the Peyrottes family, who rebuilt it in the 16th century after it had been razed on the orders of the Duke of Montmorency during the Wars of Religion. The Peyrottes family retained it until the Revolution. The economist and politician Michel Chevalier (1806–1879) made major improvements to it, notably an aqueduct built around 1851 for irrigation and water supply, as well as terraced gardens. His son-in-law, Paul Leroy-Beaulieu (1843–1916), took over the property through marriage. Of medium size, the building, with its hollow roof tiles and two square towers, retains traces of a medieval fortified house, visible in its bases and its old openings. The façades, roofs and terraces are listed as Monuments historiques. The estate belongs to the Conservatoire des jardins et paysages network.