Château de Villefranche
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The Château de Villefranche is a castle
and stately home in the commune
of Villeneuve-lès-Bouloc
in the Haute-Garonne
département of France. Originally built in the 16th century, it was transformed in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Seat of the joint lord of Villeneuve-lès-Bouloc, the castle is a grand house from the end of the 16th century, redeveloped in line with contemporary taste in the 18th and 19th centuries. The residence, surrounded by old parkland and gardens, maintains from the Renaissance
era its scale and an architectural dooreway. Inside, several rooms are decorated with wallpaper from the 1810s. The out-buildings include 18th century farm buildings and a sheep pen dated 1868.
Privately owned, it has been listed since 2005 as a monument historique
by the French Ministry of Culture.
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...
and stately home in the commune
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
of Villeneuve-lès-Bouloc
Villeneuve-lès-Bouloc
Villeneuve-lès-Bouloc is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.-Population:-Sights:The Château de Villefranche is a castle and stately home which is listed as a historic site by the French Ministry of Culture.-References:*...
in the Haute-Garonne
Haute-Garonne
Haute-Garonne is a department in the southwest of France named after the Garonne river. Its main city is Toulouse.-History:Haute-Garonne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Languedoc.The...
département of France. Originally built in the 16th century, it was transformed in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Seat of the joint lord of Villeneuve-lès-Bouloc, the castle is a grand house from the end of the 16th century, redeveloped in line with contemporary taste in the 18th and 19th centuries. The residence, surrounded by old parkland and gardens, maintains from the Renaissance
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
era its scale and an architectural dooreway. Inside, several rooms are decorated with wallpaper from the 1810s. The out-buildings include 18th century farm buildings and a sheep pen dated 1868.
Privately owned, it has been listed since 2005 as a monument historique
Monument historique
A monument historique is a National Heritage Site of France. It also refers to a state procedure in France by which national heritage protection is extended to a building or a specific part of a building, a collection of buildings, or gardens, bridges, and other structures, because of their...
by the French Ministry of Culture.
External links
Source
- www.culture.gouv.fr, accessed 17 March 2008