[1] Eugène Pastré (1806–1868) and his wife Céline de Beaulincourt-Marle (1825–1900) belonged to a wealthy family of Marseille shipowners and merchants.

[2][3] Between 1836 and 1853, the Pastré family accumulated 120 hectares (300 acres) of land between Pointe Rouge and the Grotte Rolland in the south of Marseille, which they made into a park.

Before the Canal de Marseille was constructed to this point, the family had to go to great lengths to obtain water, with which they irrigated and created lawns in the lower levels with gardens of vines, cereals and orchards of almonds, figs and apricot.

[4] The Parisian architect Jean-Charles Danjoy designed the Château Pastré, the largest of the buildings, completed in 1862.

[5] The Nouvelle Revue in its gossip section Chronique de L'Élégance in 1884, described a play being presented at the home of Mme Pastre.

[9] Their daughter Nadia Pastré helped in the escape lines for Allied prisoners during World War II.

[13] After Countess Lily and Jean Pastré divorced in 1940, she continued to live at the Chateau de Montredon.

[14] Norbert Glanzberg, who played piano for Édith Piaf, was hidden at the chateau at the singer's request.

[14] The Spanish cellist Pablo Casals and the American entertainer Josephine Baker both stayed at the chateau for a while, [15] as did the pianist Clara Haskil.

The Orchèstre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, conducted by Manuel Rosenthal, provided music.

[17] In 2021, the association Pour Que Marseille Vive proposed to rehabilitate the Château Pastré by installing an artists' incubator and a cultural place there.