CHATEAU ET JARDIN DE BOURNAZEL
Private Renaissance château listed as a Historic Monument. One of southern France's most significant buildings with its innovative architecture and remarkable carved decor. Its gardens are classified 'Jardin Remarquables'.
This beautiful Renaissance château, located between Rodez and Villefranche de Rouergue, was built between 1540 and 1560 and has been the subject of a major restoration campaign. In particular this has involved the restitution of the grand staircase, the core of which is composed of superimposed cabinets, with sculpted decoration identical to the original. On the main facade, windows, pilasters, columns, pediments and friezes are rigorously balanced, while on the other wing, references to antiquity are even more evident in the large arcades andtwin columns. Inside, visiters will be guided through an important collection of paintings, furniture and sculptures from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
The garden is the result of extensive academic research and a campaign of archaeological excavations. The restoration offers a coherent reconstruction of a landscape realized between 1542 and 1561. Enclosed garden consits of nine parterres themed on the education of a wealthy prince and the enigma of life. The garden includes fountains, vases, polyandrion, a ‘garden of rooms' with partitions of hornbeam hedges, orchard, 'Hortus Conclusus', labyrinth, arbours, terraces and a formal basin. The combined symbolic, literary and intellectual organisation recalls the ambitions of the Renaissance. It has recently been classified as a 'Jardin remarquable'.
The interior of the château is by guided tour only.
Approximate duration: 1h.
Average time spent on site: 1h45
Private guided visits are available year-round for groups of 20 or more.
In accordance with sanitary protocols put in place by the French government on the 9th August, a 'Sanitary Pass' is required for all visitors over the age of 18.
Capacities & Services
Capacity50 Person(s)
LanguagesVisit : 
Equipments and services
- Car park
- Coach parking
- Free guided tour for groups
- Guided tours
Activities
- Temporary exhibitions
Opening & Prices
opening times
- from 01 april 2023 to 23 april 2023
Tuesday : from 14hh00 to 18h00
Friday : from 14h00 to 18h00
Saturday : from 14h00 to 18h00
Sunday : from 14h00 to 18h00
Public holiday : from 14h00 to 18h00 - from 24 april 2023 to 13 july 2023
- from 14 july 2023 to 31 august 2023
- from 01 september 2023 to 17 september 2023
- from 18 september 2023 to 30 september 2023
- from 01 october 2023 to 22 october 2023
- from 23 october 2023 to 05 novembre 2023
- from 06 novembre 2023 to 12 novembre 2023
Rates
Rates 2023
- Single adult : 12,00€
- Single child : 8,00€
- Single child : 0,00€
- Adult group : 10,00€
- Single all public : 7,00€
Methods of payment
Carte bancaire - Cheque - Cash
Location
Contacts
Establishment
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CHATEAU DE BOURNAZEL
227 route de Rignac
12390 Bournazel - +33 (0)5 65 80 81 99
- chateau.de.bournazel@gmail.com
- Website
Information
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