Château de Lavagnac

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Le château en bref

Château de Lavagnac stands in the commune of Montagnac, near Pézenas (Hérault), at the heart of a large estate overlooking the Hérault valley. After belonging to the abbey of Aniane, the land passed in the 16th century to the marquises d'Arènes, and then to the Mirman family, lords of Adissan, who had the château built. The Mérimée notice distinguishes a first building campaign in the second quarter of the 17th century and a second, in the first half of the 18th century, devoted to the orangery, the stables and the gardens. The château's façades and roofs, the orangery and the stables, the great entrance court, the terraces and the formal gardens are protected as monuments historiques. The estate then changed hands several times (the Polastron family, the princes de Conti, Fontenilles, Daudé d'Alzon, Chastenet de Puységur, Suarez d'Aulan) before being bought in 1987 by a Japanese company. Since 2019, it has been the subject of a tourism development project combining a hotel, a golf course, a spa and restaurants. The château remains a private property.