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Origin and history

The Bosc Castle is a neo-renaissance building built in the 19th century on the town of Mudaison, in the Hérault. It is listed in the General Inventory of Cultural Heritage for its architecture imitating Renaissance buildings, as well as for its exterior decorative elements (medalons, sculptures). An earlier chapel, dating from 1760, precedes the construction of the present castle. The estate originally belonged to the treasurer of the province of Languedoc, Sieur Joubert (1729-1792), who also owned the neighbouring estate of Valignac.

After the Revolution, the property changed hands several times before being acquired in 1815 by Bernard Jacques Paulin, Count of Cadolle. Transferred to its descendants until the 1930s, the castle underwent restorations and even housed a boarding school in one of its galleries. The Fournol family, later owner, welcomes artists on the ground floor.

The castle remains a private property, but its current owners were exceptionally open to the public in 2019 during the Arts Weekend. Among its remarkable elements are a troubadour-style fireplace with the coat of arms of the Cadolles, as well as medallions and facade sculptures identified by the General Inventory. Two personalities died there: Charles-Jean-Joseph de Cadolle (1828) and the Marquis de Cadolle (1931), both buried in Montpellier.

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