Château de Montpezat

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Le château en bref

Montpezat Castle is a neo-Gothic residence built in the 1880s in Pézenas, at the locality of Montpezat, on the banks of the Peyne, on the site of a former farmstead. In 1521, Jean de Montpezat owned a farmstead with a mill there; in 1646 the estate passed to the Oratorians, then, in 1654, to Félix de Juvenel, whose family kept it until 1923. The present château, built of limestone, has three square storeys and a round corner tower; its hood-moulded windows deliberately evoke the style of the late fifteenth century. Remnants of the former barn include a reused segmental-arched doorway, which connects the château to the outbuildings, and the large fish pond dug in 1647, spanned by a monumental staircase with balusters leading up to the terrace. A privately owned property, the château is surrounded by a vineyard estate of some thirty hectares, converted to organic farming in 2009.