Castles to visit Tartane

Surrounded by a breathtaking natural setting, the Château Dubuc, a former sugar house, dominates the tip of the Caravelle peninsula. You can get there by a stony path 10 minutes walk from the parking. On the site, we can still see the remains of the mansion, the kitchens, the industrial buildings and the huts (no hut street in Dubuc). Ironically, the slave dungeons are the best preserved remains of the site. The micro-museum presents different elements on the organization and functioning of a sugar house, and more particularly those of the domain. The Dubuc family is one of the most famous and oldest on the island. Its establishment dates back to 1657. Pierre Dubuc, who arrived after Pierre d'Esnambuc, is said to have engaged in numerous illicit activities, in close collaboration with freebooters. Apparently, the traffic of “ebony” and various goods, stolen from boarded ships, was the main activity of the inhabitants of the domain. The goods were exchanged for meat and musket balls. To keep up appearances, the Dubucs owned four sugar mills. In 1770, they bought their letters of nobility. The Dubuc branch remained without heirs. The property fell into ruin at the end of the 19^th century. It is now the property of the Regional Nature Park, which has undertaken a vast rehabilitation of the buildings.