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 Flaugergues Castle à Montpellier dans l'Hérault

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine défensif
Demeure seigneuriale
Château de style néo-classique et palladien
Hérault

Flaugergues Castle

    1744 Avenue Albert Einstein 
    34000 Montpellier
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Crédit photo : Vpe - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1700
1800
1900
2000
1696
Initial construction
1728
Statues of the terraces
1847
Development of the English garden
1942-1944
Requisition by Luftwaffe
1986
Historical Monument
2016
Eco-responsible cellar
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The castle, with its terraces, statues, wrought iron grills, the garden with its basins, the alleys planted, the park and the orangery (cad. DK 20, 23, 25, 28, 29, 30, 133): Order of 23 April 1986 - The estate (with the exception of the classified parts), including the land of parcels as delimited on the plan annexed to the Order, including wooded areas including the access plane aisle to the northwest, the cypress aisle to the north along Albert-Einstein Avenue and the groves, as well as the facades and roofs of buildings, in particular of the communes to the west and of the gardener's house to the east (with the exception of the added clapier) and, in whole, the noria well and its reservoir-reservoir including its hydraulic network (see Box RE 31 (access), 32 (northern vigne), 34 (land with wooded aisle to the northeast), 35 (including the castle and its top terrace classified, with gardener's house and well), 37 (municipal to the west), 39a, 40 (vine to the south), 41 (vine to the east), 42, 49 (vine to the southeast): inscription by order of 19 December 2013

Key figures

Étienne de Flaugergues (1655-1741) - Adviser to the Court of Auditors Founder of the estate in 1696.
Jean-Louis Guyon - Sculptor Author of the statues *La Paix* and *L.
Henri de Colbert - Count, heir in 1973 Restructuring of the vineyard and creation of the cellar.
Diane de Montbron - Artist painter Decoration of the House of Eagle* (1990).
Baron René de Saizieu (1898-1972) - Officer and owner Prisoner in Germany during the requisition.
Émile Gallé - Glass artist Creator of a table service (1872).

Origin and history

The Château de Flaugergues, located in Montpellier in the Hérault, is a Montpellierian madness built at the end of the 17th century (1696) by Étienne de Flaugergues, adviser to the Court of Auditors. This estate, still owned by the same family by inheritance, combines monumental architecture inspired by Italian villas and a vineyard operated since Gallo-Roman times. Ranked a Historic Monument, it houses richly decorated interiors, including a staircase without a pillar and art collections.

Flaugergues Park consists of a French-style garden restored in the 20th century, an English-style garden built in 1847, and an olive grove leading to a gazebo. The estate, commissioned by the Luftwaffe during the Second World War (1942-1944), is now labeled "Remarkable Garden" and open to the public. Its vineyard, restructured in the 1970s, produces wines in AOP Languedoc and IGP Pays d'Oc.

The archives of the castle, classified and accessible, cover the history of the family owners (Colbert, Saizieu) and the estate since 1254. Among the treasures preserved are ancient scientific instruments, a table service by Émile Gallé (1872), and 17th-century Flemish tapestries. The castle also served as a setting for audiovisual productions, such as the Ad Vitam Ad Mortem series (2016).

The architecture of the castle, marked by stone facades and roofs of painted tiles, reflects Mediterranean influences. The main façade dominates terraces decorated with statues (1728) by Jean-Louis Guyon, while the interior houses a room dedicated to Napoleon, decorated in 1990 by Diane de Montbron. The estate thus combines historical heritage, viticulture and innovation, with an eco-responsible cellar built in 2016.

Since 2018, an urban permaculture farm, the Oasis citadine, has settled on the edge of the vineyard, illustrating the desire of the owners to reconcile heritage preservation and ecological transition. The gardens, studied by the School of Architecture of Versailles in 1997, and the state archives make the castle a major site for historical research in Occitanie.

External links

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