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The village comprises a castle and a town surrounded by fortifications that give the old center its circular shape.
Only the façade is visible.
Description
The château is the heart of the village. It's a vast building, now occupied by several families.
Adjacent to the château, the church is said to occupy the site of the former stables.
The Place du Parterre and the remains of the large ashlar gate that closed the château's inner courtyard, the gate that was demolished to widen the passageway.
The large mullioned windows bear witness to the period in which the façade was designed: some were commissioned in 1669 by Joseph de Moreton, who had lived in the château with his family since 1650. The central part of the château with its mullioned windows, where an attractive balcony remains.
The Place du Parterre is the former château courtyard, redesigned in the 17th century to house a flowerbed. The château's gardens were located on the site of the houses and grounds opposite the façade. The archives record that in 1735, the inhabitants made a request to the Marquis de Chabrillan for water to irrigate these gardens: as the Marquis intended to "build a fountain on the heights of Laga to run through his parterre and garden", they asked him to grant a share to the commune. Today, the well discovered beneath the Place du Parterre supplies the fountain on the Place de l'horloge in a closed circuit.
Spoken languages
- French
Themes
- Historic patrimony
- Castle