What is a Provençal bastide ?

A bastide is a country mansion or bourgeois residence built in Provence, typically in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, combining a residence and agricultural exploitation with ornamental gardens and terraces.

Which elements of Château de Cabanes are protected ?

The protection covers the main residence, the northern and southern terraces with their features (cellars, pathways, staircases, pilasters), enclosed gardens, the chapel, and remnants of earlier occupation found in farm buildings.

When was Château de Cabanes built ?

The bastide dates to 1780, corresponding to the late eighteenth century, a period of flourishing rural aristocratic architecture in Provence.

Château de Cabanes

Cabanes Castle

Rognes

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Where: Rognes

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Château de Cabanes stands in Rognes (Bouches-du-Rhône), in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: fourth quarter of the 18th century). The building is privately owned and no visits are on record.

Château de Cabanes is a Provençal country house built around 1780 in Rognes. The estate includes a main residence, landscaped terraces with ornamental gardens, a chapel, and remnants of earlier occupation incorporated into farm buildings. The complex, protected as a historic monument, exemplifies rural aristocratic architecture from the late eighteenth century.

What to know

The bastide and its dependencies extend across several parcels along the departmental road 14c in Rognes, Bouches-du-Rhône.
The protected complex includes the main residence, two terraces with a stone staircase and architectural details, an enclosed garden, and a chapel.
The gardens feature notably a boxwood parterre stretching at the foot of the southern terrace.
Most of the protection dates to 2015, with an earlier listing of façades and roofs in 1976.

Where this château is

Rognes · Bouches-du-Rhône · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

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Rognes, Bouches-du-Rhône

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Heritage status: Registered historic monument (inscrit); Mérimée record PA00081414
Period of construction: fourth quarter of the 18th century

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What is a Provençal bastide ?: A bastide is a country mansion or bourgeois residence built in Provence, typically in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, combining a residence and agricultural exploitation with ornamental gardens and terraces.
Which elements of Château de Cabanes are protected ?: The protection covers the main residence, the northern and southern terraces with their features (cellars, pathways, staircases, pilasters), enclosed gardens, the chapel, and remnants of earlier occupation found in farm buildings.
When was Château de Cabanes built ?: The bastide dates to 1780, corresponding to the late eighteenth century, a period of flourishing rural aristocratic architecture in Provence.