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Le château en bref
The Château des Évêques de Maguelone, in Murviel-lès-Montpellier (Hérault), succeeded an 11th- to 12th-century fortified castle built under the Guilhem family. In 1272, the lordship of Murviel was ceded to the Bishop of Maguelone, Béranger de Frédol, who had a fortified residence built there, incorporating the church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste of the castrum. Taken and set on fire in 1562 by Protestant troops, the village was rebuilt in the 17th century, a period during which only the south-west bastion of the former castle was renovated to house the presbytery. Deemed in ruins as early as the 14th century without having suffered any military assault, the building was gradually dismantled from the 18th century onward, with residents recovering the stones. Privately owned today, it is not open to visitors.