Château d'Astros
Last weekend we discovered a wonderful new walk for Bob about 30 minutes drive from home near the lovely small town of Vidauban. It was a very old Château surrounded by vineyards with paths among the vines where you could walk and a river flowing by it. It was so quiet and a great place to take a dog. What you see in the photo is the back of the Château
A snippet from their website (which explains the unusual design of the Château):
"The estate became national property during the Revolution and it was not until 1802 that the estate fell back into the public domain. Maximin Martin, a wealthy soap maker from Marseille, then acquired the land of Astros. His grandson, Marc Maximin Martin, a keen admirer of Italian art, built a magnificent Château inspired by Tuscan villas in 1860. He passed on the Astros estate to the grandson of his first cousin Joseph Maurel."
Château d'Astros
Last weekend we discovered a wonderful new walk for Bob about 30 minutes drive from home near the lovely small town of Vidauban. It was a very old Château surrounded by vineyards with paths among the vines where you could walk and a river flowing by it. It was so quiet and a great place to take a dog. What you see in the photo is the back of the Château
A snippet from their website (which explains the unusual design of the Château):
"The estate became national property during the Revolution and it was not until 1802 that the estate fell back into the public domain. Maximin Martin, a wealthy soap maker from Marseille, then acquired the land of Astros. His grandson, Marc Maximin Martin, a keen admirer of Italian art, built a magnificent Château inspired by Tuscan villas in 1860. He passed on the Astros estate to the grandson of his first cousin Joseph Maurel."