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Chateau de Barbentane - Bouches du Rhone - Monument historique

The Château de Barbentane - Historic Monument
"The Grand Siècle in Provence "

Residence of the Marquis de Barbentane, this "Petit Trianon of the Sun" was built starting in 1674 by the architect Louis-François de la Valfenière, only to be completed in its present day state at the end of the 18th century.

Chateau de Barbentane - Monument historique - Provence - Bouches du Rhone

It is to Joseph-Pierre Balthazar de Puget, Marquis de Barbentane, King Louis XV's Ambassador to Florence, that we owe the sumptuous decoration in the reception halls, adorned with stucco and Carrare marble, creating an exceptional setting for the rich Louis XV and Louis XVI period furniture that is still there to be admired.

The Château is surrounded by Italianate terraces ornamented with sculpted motifs, overlooking grounds planted with three hundred year old sycamores. This residence, considered "the most Italian of the chateaux of Provence", survived the French Revolution and ensuing period undamaged. It is still occupied by the Marquis de Barbentane who endeavors to guarantee its continuity.



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Marquis and Marquise de Barbentane
Château de Barbentane
13 570 BARBENTANE
 

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