Château de Gréolières was mentioned first time in 1047 when it belonged to the Viscounts of Nice. Counts of Provence decided at the end of the 12th  century to enforce eastern part of Provence against the influence of the Republic of Genoa and local nobility. To control the area of Gréolières, the Count of Provence built the new castle around 1220.
In 1235 Count of Provence gave the castle to Romée de Villeneuve. The castle remained in the hands of his descendants, the lords of Villeneuve-Vence, until the French Revolution. The castle and the village were plundered in 1385 during the clashes between Charles de Duras and Louis II of Anjou.
During the Wars of Religion, in 1574, the castle was attacked by Huguenots and again in 1590 by Duke of Savoy. The castle was restored in the early 17th century, but bombed again during the War of Austrian Succession in 1747 by the Austro-Sardinian troops.
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Having been deserted for a long time it was known as the "Gordo Site" it then became Gordon" and finally Gourdon. .
758 mètres of a remarkable rocky peak. 
A stony and lavender scented landmark situated in the vast Roman Province which the natives retained as "province", characterised it and it became the marvellous "Provence" as it is today. 
But the Romans went back to Rome and the barbarian settled in. Frank kings conquered and Saracens troops demolished. The castle became refuge and natural shelter to the valley's farmers.
In the IX century, three centuries before Paris laid down the very first stone for the construrtion of the Louvre, the Gourdon castle had already existed. Certainly different to what it is today, the old foundation still exits, grounded in the rock, witness to a thousand year past.
From then on, the destiny of Gourdon was to be an armed sentry, guarding as far as the sea's horizon and controlling the troops in procession. Being at the forefront of France, in comparison to the house of Vintimille, future Earl of Nice situated on foreign and hostile ground. 
Up until the XII century, the Earls of the Pronnce, drew up plans of a real fortress to make their frontier more resilient. They razed, rebuilt and strengthened the c astle. Insurmountable high walls were razed in the north wing, and look out posts on the southern and western side of the castle. Later on, with three towers and a dungeon crowning the castle, with a watchful eye, and an arm in hand, Gourdon watched out for France.
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Château de Gourdon

The Château Grimaldi at Cagnes-sur-Mer in the département of Alpes-Maritimes, in France, is built on the site of an earlier fortress occupied by the Greeks and then the Romans. The present castle was built in 1309 by Rainier Grimaldi (Lord of Cagnes and an admiral of France) - a distant ancestor of the present ruling house of Monaco. Later it became the residence of the Governors of the province. Following the French Revolution, it was used as barracks and later as a hospital. Now owned by the city of Cagnes, it is known as le Château Musée Grimaldi (the Grimaldi Castle and Museum).
Built upon a hilltop, the castle towers over the town. Constructed in the local stone, it retains many of its original medieval features and motifs, it is machicolated with crenelations surmounting its towers and keep. The castle is built around a triangular courtyard. During the reign of Louis XIII (1610 to 1643) the castle was altered, and the principal rooms made more comfortable and redecorated in the contemporary taste. The great hall has a painted ceiling depicting the Fall of Phaëton, completed in the 1620s by the Genovese painter Giulio Benso (though sometimes attributed to Giovanni Battista Carlone), while the chapel has a ceiling painted with folk scenes.
Today the castle is an exhibition centre for contemporary art from around the world, and a museum of modern art.

Château Grimaldi

Château de Crémat is a castle built in Nice in the Alpes-Maritimes department in 1906. It is a vineyard that also owned a vineyard and a reception area.The history of the Castle Crémat dates back to the Roman Empire at that time a legion settled on the place called "Li Plana di Mari" which was used for the cultivation of olive trees and vines. Later, in 1906, Antoine Mari, wine merchant, built the castle on the underground galleries of "Li Plana di Mari" used in Roman times for the oil and wine, they become the castle cellars. He revived the vineyard belletan after the devastation caused by phylloxera. In 1923 the estate was acquired by an American millionaire, a shareholder of a large American company Railway: Irène Bretz. The latter undertook development works under the direction of Dalmas architectural firm, who worked in the construction of large hotels of the Belle Epoque with the Carlton in Cannes. These changes, both internal and external, do not affect the general appearance of the castle preserved its proud dungeon. Ms. Bretz, owner of the legendary Negresco, in Nice received everything the French Riviera had celebrity and one of the assiduous hosts of these sumptuous evening was none other than Coco Chanel whose style dominated fashion; the record reveals that it would be inspired by the original castle Crémat, the two intertwined C, to create the acronym of its prestigious fashion house.In 1941, Pierre Thomé, the castle owner and president of the Union of winemakers obtained the AOC for wine of Bellet. In 1980 Charles Bagnis buys Crémat. The vineyards and the wine of Bellet in general are at their peak. Unfortunately it will separate from the castle in the mid-1990s. After passing into the hands of Pierre Thomé, president of the Union of winemakers and Bagnis family after World War II, the area becomes somewhat neglected in 1995, the property of an advertising Nice, Jean-Pierre Pisoni; intended to accommodate seminars, meetings, congresses and prestigious receptions since the castle is the subject of a luxurious renovation. While perpetuating the famous wine place Pisoni M maintains the motto of the house "we do not want to be the biggest, we want to be the best" In 2001 it is a wine of Bellet lovers who bought the castle: the Dutchman Cornelis Kamerbeek. His goal: find the historical area of ​​25 ha. For now, this program is realized with the expansion and modernization of cellars, installing new sales and tasting rooms and a special attention to the vineyard.
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