Château de Castries

[1][2][3][4] The estate has belonged to the House of Castries since 1465.

[4] In 1565, Jacques de Castries undertook the building of a new château.

[2] The garden was laid out by André Le Nôtre in 1666.

[1][2] The aqueduct, to water the garden, was built by Pierre-Paul Riquet.

[1][2][5][3] The main house was looted and damaged during the French Revolution of 1789[4] and was restored in 1828.