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  3. Nouvelle-Aquitaine
  4. Landes
  5. 40330 Arsague

  6. Château de Vergez

Château de Vergez à Arsague dans les Landes

Landes

Château de Vergez

    461 Route du Château
    40330 Arsague
Photo de Château de Vergez
Crédit photo : Auteur inconnu - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1700
1800
1900
2000
XVIIe siècle
Acquisition by Charles de Vergès
Fin XVIIIe - début XIXe siècle
Transformations by Jean-Jacques d'Argoubet
2022
Historical Monument
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The castle of Vergez, consisting of all the buildings (castle, commons, chapel), the court of honour, the court of the communes, the pool and the park including the walls, fences and gates, with the exception of orangery, located 461 route of the castle, on plots Nos. 163 and 165, appearing in the cadastre section B: inscription by order of 2 June 2022

Key figures

Charles de Vergès - Secretary of the King in Dax First known owner, 17th century.
Jean-Jacques d’Argoubet - Owner and general of Napoleon Transformed the castle in the 18th-18th century.
Famille d’Argoubet - Anoblis owners Manages the estate until the 19th century.

Origin and history

The castle of Vergez, located in Arsague in the Landes, is a family property transmitted since the seventeenth century. Acquired by Charles de Vergès, King's secretary in Dax, at Charles d'Escoubleau, Marquis de Sourdis, it was initially a 17th-century mansion, organized around a square courtyard and accompanied by agricultural buildings in U. This estate, operated with farmers, had 18 farms under the Argoubet family in 1837.

At the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, Jean-Jacques d'Argoubet, freshly anoblished, undertook works to embellish the castle, giving it a Palladian style. He transformed the pigeon house into a chapel and built a landscaped park, making the house a permanent residence. These changes reflect the social ascent of the family, marked by annoyance and the Napoleonic campaigns of General d'Argoubet in Italy.

The estate, classified as Historical Monument in 2022, includes the castle, the communes, the chapel, the courtyards, the pool and the park, with the exception of orangery. Its architecture and history illustrate the evolution of an agricultural farm into an aristocratic home, typical of the social transformations of the modern era.

External links

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