Château de Nizas

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Le château en bref

Château de Nizas stands on the edge of the village of Nizas, in the Hérault plain near Pézenas. Built at the end of the 16th century or the beginning of the 17th, it has a U-shaped plan: a main block and two wings enclose an inner courtyard, and two of the original corner towers still flank the north façade, where a Renaissance portal with a round arch opens, framed by two columns supporting a richly decorated entablature. The seat of the Carrion de Nizas family, who held the lordship until the Revolution, the building was remodelled in the 19th century: the interior was almost entirely redone, and the east façade was given a projecting section with a covered passageway supporting a balustraded terrace. From the 17th century, it mainly retains the staircase well, the spiral staircase and the former ground-floor kitchen. The Renaissance portal, the straight-flight staircase with its vaulted well and the spiral staircase have been listed as monuments historiques since 1980. The château is privately owned and can be seen from the village.