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Domaine de Bouchony, on Barthelasse Island à Avignon dans le Vaucluse

Domaine de Bouchony, on Barthelasse Island

    2026 Chemin des Vignes
    84000 Avignon
Private property

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1800
1900
2000
1770-1780
Construction of master house
milieu du XVIIIe siècle
Construction of communes
13 janvier 1997
Historical Monument
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Built together constituting the estate, as well as the old gardens with the remaining hedge alignments, the hydraulic network and the courtyard floor (Cases AS 63 to 65): inscription by decree of 13 January 1997

Key figures

Famille Tron - First owners Initial owner of the estate.
Brunet de la Renoudière - Next owners Family related to the Tron.
d'Anselme de Puisaye - Latest noble owners Family related to previous owners.
Comtesse de Carliste - English tenant Rent the estate late 18th.
Esprit Calvet - Local scholar Court the Countess of Carlist.

Origin and history

The Bouchony estate is an 18th century property located on the island of Barthelasse, in Avignon (Vaucluse). It embodies the architecture of the country houses on the outskirts of Avignon, with its communes built in the first half of the century and its master house erected between 1770 and 1780. The site also includes gardens, hydraulic network and hedge alignments, reflecting the aristocratic lifestyle of the time.

The estate successively belonged to three families linked by kinship: the Tron, the Brunet de la Renoudière, and then the Anselme de Puisaye. At the end of the 18th century, it was rented for the beautiful season by the Countess of Carliste, an English woman based in Avignon, described as the "mother of the King of Ireland" and sister of Admiral Biron. Spirit Calvet, a local scholar, assiduously courted her during her stay.

Ranked a Historical Monument by decree of 13 January 1997, the Bouchony estate is protected for its built complex (master house, commons, gardens) as well as its landscape and hydraulic elements. These features are a valuable testimony to the social and architectural history of the Avignon region under the Old Regime.

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