Château de Pézènes

The Château de Pézènes is a castle in the commune of Pézènes-les-Mines in the Hérault département of France.

[1] The castle was built on a promontory within a meander of the Peyne river, in a mountainous wild landscape on the trade route from Faugères to Gabian[2] in the 11th and 12th centuries.

[3] In 1539, Guinot de Lauzières, squire, paid homage for his properties, including the castle at Pézènes, to François I.

[3] The castle is located on the higher part of the village, surrounded by a fortified enceinte that follows the irregular land surface.

In the east, and part of the castle, is a 12th-century Romanesque chapel whose chevet apse appears to have been raised in the 14th century to make a tower.