Château de Brogieux

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Le château en bref

The Château de Brogieux stands at the locality of the same name, in the commune of Roiffieux in the Ardèche. Built on the remains of a 14th-century fortified farmhouse, it was acquired in 1624 by Pierre de Serres, brother of the Bishop of Le Puy and judge of the Vivarais, husband of Dorothée de Vogüé. His daughter, Madame de Baronnat, later sold the estate to the Bollioud de Tartaras family, who undertook the construction of the present château, remodelled until the 1770s. The building, a fortified house that became an elegant 18th-century country residence, retains its original arrangement both outside and inside. At the same period, Pierre Marie Christophe Bollioud (1735–1826) laid out the estate's French formal gardens, a testimony to his passion for botany: citrus trees in Anduze pots (orange, lemon and bitter orange trees) overwintered in an orangery, terraces and plantings that have since been partly adapted, notably with the addition of medicinal and aromatic plants on the lower terrace. Still a private property handed down within the same family, the château and its gardens are open to the public by reservation during the summer season.