Château de Peiresc

Peiresc Castle

Belgentier

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Where: Belgentier

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Château de Peiresc stands in Belgentier (Var), in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: first half of the 17th century). Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

Located in Belgentier, in the Var department, this early 17th-century residence was home to Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, a scholar and astronomer who set up a rooftop observatory to study the sky, including the Orion Nebula and the moons of Jupiter. Regarded as one of the earliest classical Provençal bastides, it retains from that period an entrance hall and a staircase decorated with plasterwork. The building, its lower wing and its garden with hydraulic features are now protected as a historic monument.

Written from Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc

What to know

The site has been listed as a historic monument since 2014, a protection that covers the house, its lower wing and the garden with its hydraulic features.
The garden retains distinctive built elements such as a dovecote and a bridge over the Gapeau river with its adjoining staircase.
No verified information on opening hours, admission fees or accessibility is available here.
The place is directly linked to Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, the 17th-century scholar born in Belgentier.