Strolls in the Castle of Simiane

Name: Strolls in the Castle of Simiane
Start: 2023-09-16T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Château de Simiane

European Heritage Days 2023

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

Conditions

Free entry

Mairie de Valréas

The Château de Simiane was the home of Madame de Sévigné’s granddaughter.
The Castle, remained authentic since the 18th century, was the home of Pauline de Simiane, granddaughter of the Marquise de Sévigné, at the origin of the publication of the famous letters of his grandmother. Visitors can also admire the collection of ceremonial dresses exhibited in the galleries of the castle by the association Echo 700 years.

About the location

Château de Simiane

8 Place Aristide Briand 84600 Valréas

Vaucluse
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

The castle of Simiane is built on the remains of an old house that was built by the Montauban family in the thirteenth century. Hugues Aymeric built in the fourteenth century the two bodies of building still visible along the street of the City Hall. On the other hand, there are few traces of the work carried out in the 15th and 16th centuries by the Truchenu family. Most of the current building was built in 1639-1640 by the Cavaillonnais contractor Bernard Moureau on the plans of the Avignonnais architect François Royer de la Valfenière for Louis de Simiane (This Avignonnais architect owes many buildings in the Comtat, including the bishopric of Carpentras). It was not until 1780 that the symmetry of the composition was completed with the replacement of an old building by the south wing (architect Avignonnais Franque who also carried out the plans of the bishopric of Viviers). Simiane Castle houses in 1823 the college and the Justice of Peace. It was not until 1843, by order of King L