Château de Roquevaire
Château, 30610 Sauve
The castle of Roquevaire is a building built in the seventeenth century on a site of older occupation (quotation of a farmhouse at the end of the thirteenth century, in the immediate vicinity of the former «castrum salavense»), by Henry Delmas abbot sponsor of the abbey Saint-PierrePierre-de-Save who held him in his own right. Built in a style reminiscent of the medieval period (drawbridge, archway defenses, boss stones, etc.) the entire castle and its terraced garden environment also evoke by the presence of a complete enclosure, by the care taken to collect water (water buffet, freshness room), by the presence of an orangery and exotic or rare plants (tulips of Lécluse), the myth of Paradise lost and the Garden of Eden, probably dear to the abbot.
This enclosed site, where he could gather, away from his abbey and his charges in the town of Sauve, recalls the ancient hortus conclusus, the enclosed garden of the soul of the Song of Songs. Besides, had he not inscribed, above the door o
Tags
Château, hôtel urbain, palais, manoir
Access
Access only by footpath from the center of the village of Sauve (signs in place) and 15 minutes from it. Due to the layout of the old center of Sauve, parking must be on the Place de la Vabre. Before the bridge crossing the Vidourle and the entrance of the village.
©Armand Boyat
