Laréole Castle is a Renaissance castle dating from the sixteenth century in the canton of Cadours, department of Haute-Garonne in Midi-Pyrenees. It belongs to the General Council of Haute-Garonne. Laréole Castle was built in 1579 on the common Laréole, bordering the hills of Gascogne, for Pierre Cheverry, son of a prominent merchant of pastel, by the architect Dominique Bachelier, son of Nicolas Bachelier.
He served time for second homes, where Toulouse notable came for relaxing. In 1984, for the sake of heritage conservation, the General Council of Haute-Garonne bought the property. In the eighteenth century, it was enriched with a French garden and statues of Marc Arcis. The castle is classified as historical monuments since 1927, the common and gate balls since 1991 and the park, its moat, its courtyards and patios since 1994. The site is open to the public and tours are free.
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Château de Laréole

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Château de Caumont, where you can enjoy a beautiful view over the Pyrenees, consists of two buildings on a vast esplanade overlooking the Save river valley :
the old castle built on the site of a fortified castle that belonged to Gaston Phoebus;
the present Renaissance castle whose construction lasted from 1525 to 1535. Nicolas Bachelier, well known architect in Toulouse, was the author of the original plans of Caumont Renaissance castle.
The castle sits on two levels of underground vaults, it is flanked by four strong towers so that openings and slits control the facades. Two octagonal towers are guarding the West side. 
One can observe four “pepper “towers pepper which are located in the eastern and northern parts. The structure is alternating bricks and stones bands which allow light to play with much happiness. Three wings forming together a U are surrounding a beautiful courtyard recently restored. On the ground floor, divided windows open onto the courtyard. Upstairs, windows have with less divisions . 
The beautiful front door opens onto a staircase according to the Florentine fashion adorned with vaulted bays alternating three classical Greek building methods . 
In the courtyard on the north wing, on the first floor on can find a shuttle race representing a fairly typical outdoor works of Mr Bachelier as found at the Hotel d'Assezat in Toulouse. This shuttle race, where one has a nice view over the park and Cedars trees of Lebanon, can reach the courtyard by a spiral staircase of the sixteenth century. Within the central wing, two lounges:
One whose wall is decorated in the purest Troubadour style;
The other has a very interesting ceiling decorated mid Roman style and mid end of 18th century style.
On the first floor, a Romantic chapel with a beautiful stained glass window designed by Master Marechal, who also signed the windows of the Fourviere Basilica in Lyon. 
In the north wing, the room where the King Henri III of Navarre, the future Henry IV, stayed. Pierre de Nogaret de La Valette Nogaret built the present castle on his return from Italy wars he made with Francis 1. His grand-son, Jean-Louis de Nogaret de La Valette Nogaret was born there in 1554 and became Duke of Epernon thanks to Henry III he served before Henri IV and Louis XIII. Then he endured a less favorable period as Richelieu, who feared him much, sequestered all his possessions - including the Cadillac castle - and had him locked in Loches dungeons, where he died at the age of 88. 
Caumont castle escaped this fate as the Duke of Epernon had already given it to one of his sons.
n the nineteenth century, Armand, Marquis de Castelbajac, lived between the campaigns of the Napoléon Grand Army. He then left with his wife, Sophie de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, as Ambassador to St. Petersburg in Russia during Napoleon III reign. Then, Senator of the Empire and President of the General Council of Gers department, he devoted the rest of his life to this department. Today, the old castle and an orangery were restored and converted into reception rooms used for special occasions: weddings, seminars, exhibitions, etc..
http://www.caumont.org

Château de Caumont

Château de Merville is located in France in the department of Haute-Garonne and the region Languedoc-Roussillon, Midi-Pyrenees in the town of Merville. Located 20 km from Toulouse, the Château de Merville Park and are a unique testimony of the architecture and art of the eighteenth century gardens in Midi-Pyrenees. Its labyrinth of 6 km of paths lined with high walls boxwood, genuine curiosity, is the largest in Europe boxwood maze.The Castle and Park are classified Historical Monuments and the Labyrinth Garden Remarkable label by the Ministry of Culture.Merville Castle was built by Henri Auguste de Chalvet, the descendant of Mathieu Chalvet who had bought in 1575 all land rights of Merville. At the time, there were two mansions in Merville in the walled enclosure. The style had nothing of medieval castles, there was neither round nor niches. In 1734, Henri-Auguste Marquis de Chalvet-Rochemonteix, high steward of Toulouse and Albi, inherits his brother acquired the lordship of the Marquis de Boisse Escoda, and decided to build a beautiful building of red brick, whose construction began in 1743. a true man of the Enlightenment, he dictated himself building plans to the Toulouse architect Maduron. The work lasted a little more than fifteen years. On the death of the Marquis of Chalvet, in 1772, the castle passed to his son André Antoine, who, though imprisoned under the Terror, manages to keep his head but his castle! Luckily, Merville retains its furnishings and decor. The granddaughter of André Antoine brings Merville Villèle in the family, then the house passes by inheritance to the Marquis de Beaumont's Lair which descended the present owners. The ceremonial parts of the central body have been designed in a row around a large living room that juts out over the garden. With its tiled floor, its French ceiling and its three doors, this octagonal summer lounge almost seems so rustic decor was whose incredible sophistication only matched the exotic. The walls of the large rooms on the ground floor are covered in Flanders tapestries dating from the reign of Francis. The "Chinese Room" named after the large eighteen wooden panels painted in oil that adorn the walls and above door. They were made during the 1754 years by the painter and architect Gilles Toulouse Pine (1720-1804). These decorations in the style of Pillement chinoiserie inspired by Parisian engravings after drawings by François Boucher.The picture gallery occupies a first floor room. There are portraits of Merville lords and family members. The castle itself, it was classified as a historic monument, its beautiful architecture is pure eighteenth century.
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