Castles to visit Midi-Pyrénées

From the start of your hike in the Sea of the Rocks, you will come to the feet of this castle whose origin is uncertain but which we like here to imagine that Most or other powerful families lived there long ago. We imagine being a good society, lynched with the influential lords of Salvage (th century) that gave prosperity to the city. The history of saving is marked by that of Protestantism, the wars of religion and the revolt of camisards. Part of the wildhammers revolted took the maquis in the Massif massif and used as a watchtower that castle, following the fire of the castle of Roquevaire. There is no doubt that this place was a privileged site for monitoring a very broad sector. On the plateau of the Coutach massif, surrounded by green oaks and lauriers sauces, see rocks as carved in limestone eroded by water.

It is the native home of Achille Maffre de Baugé (1855-1928). A friend of Frédéric Mistral, his life was tumultuous and adventurous.

This castle, which is famous in English, reveals a curiosity: on the first floor, built in the 1st century, the painted reply of the Supreme Council Hall of the Great masters of the order of Malta was painted. The author is Matteo of Aleccio, a great admirer of Michelangelo. The tables tell the large siege of 1565 during the battle against the Ottoman fleet. The order of Malta, a military and religious order, was born of the crusades. Its members were first called "Hospitals of Saint John".

A private Property, Roquevaire Castle is not visiting, but from outside it impresses. Small but massive, nothing austere like the landscape in which he cut, he speaks to the imagination with his unknown origin and his history of summer residence for the bishops of Maguelonne.