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Origin and history

The castle of Cardet, located in the eponymous village of Occitanie, is a building whose current ordinance dates mainly from the early eighteenth century. This work campaign shaped its horse iron entrance, its honorary courtyard separating the castle from the farm (with symmetrical pavilions), as well as its park. At that time the large Italian stairwell and its decor, the studded and painted ceiling of the dining room, and the enfilade of the rooms on the south side, with windows and ceilings resumed. Only remains of the 17th century, the round towers of the west facade, traces of crosses, a door with bosses and a room north to the French ceiling recall an earlier organization around a patio later covered by the staircase.

At the end of the 18th century, interior developments continued, notably with the staircase ramp and the decoration of the rooms on the southern side. The large living room preserves a wallpaper attributed to the Parisian manufacturer Réveillon (circa 1780), an example of the refinement of the period. The 19th century brought external changes, such as the elevation of the roofs to create a mansard floor, the resumption of the farm (archive gallery, orangery used as a skimming shop on the floor), and the redrawing of the park, although some elements such as the nymphée (early 18th) and the noria (mentioned from the 17th) were older.

The estate, occupied by the same family since the fourteenth century, has retained its spatial unit: village square, farm, and castle form a coherent whole, classified Historic Monument in 1993. The protections cover the castle, farm and orangery, highlighting the heritage value of this site where the traces of four centuries of architectural and landscape history overlap.

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