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Le château en bref
Château de Creyssels, on the Marseillan to Mèze road (Hérault), now an inn and wine estate, was built in one go in the first half of the 18th century. The map of the diocese of Agde from that period already mentions a building named Creissels, which the cadastre of 1812 identifies as "Métairie de Creyssels". The building is a parallelepiped block flanked by overhanging turrets, with the look of a fortified house, and its east façade has a symmetrical, sober composition. The interior contrasts with this by its richness: two monumental gypsum fireplaces on the first floor, decorated with motifs from Jean Barbet's Livre d'architecture (1633), and polychrome tiled floors inspired by Catalan designs, reflecting the origins of the owner, Gabriel Creyssels.