Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Château du Villard

Built in the late 15th century for the wedding of Delphine de Vachères and Pierre de Mathieu, viguier, or royal magistrate, of Forcalquier, Le Villard is a small four-towered château in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, sold only twice in five centuries. Turned into a farm after the Revolution and…

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Château de Sauvan

Dressed-stone facades, a balustrade lined with urns, a 47-meter gallery: Sauvan looks like a Paris mansion set down in upper Provence, an almost unique case among the region's châteaux. The Forbin-Janson family built it in 1719, facing the hilltop village of Mane, between the Montagne de Lure and…