Heritage
Bournazel
CHATEAU ET JARDIN DE BOURNAZEL
Private Renaissance castle listed as a Historic Monument. Major building of southern France with its innovative architecture and remarkable carved decor. Its gardens are classified Remarkable Gardens.
Visits of the exteriors and the north wing as well as the ground floor of the east wing. Duration: about 1 hour.
The visitor will discover a Renaissance staircase with stone vaults, as well as rooms furnished with paintings, tapestries and art objects, each provided with a monumental fireplace. In the course of restoration.
The Garden: The fruit of a long archive work and an archaeological excavation campaign, the restoration of the Bournazel gardens offers a coherent example of a composition made between 1542 and 1561. The enclosed garden includes nine themed parterres on the education of a wealthy prince and the enigma of life, fountains, vases, polyandrion, chamber gardens with berry partitions, orchard, "Hortus Conclusus", labyrinth, arbours and terraces, pond, whose symbolic organization, literary and intellectual recalls the ambitions of the Renaissance. It has recently been ranked Remarkable Garden.
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
- Open today de 14h00 à 19h00
- from 01 may 2019 to 30 june 2019
Samedi : de 14h00 à 19h00
Dimanche : de 14h00 à 19h00
Jours fériés : de 14h00 à 19h00
Rates
Tarifs 2019
- Adult Guided tour : 9,00€
- Adult group guided tour : 6,00€
- Free
- Childrens group : 5,00€
Location
Contacts
Establishment
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CHATEAU DE BOURNAZEL
Le Bourg
12390 Bournazel - +33 (0)5 65 80 81 99
- chateau.de.bournazel@gmail.com
- Site web
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