Château de Font-Ségugne

The Château de Font-Ségugne is a historic château built at Font-Ségugne in Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne, Provence, France. It is the location of a former bastide built in the fifteenth century for a Roman Catholic cardinal. It was the birthplace of the Félibrige in the 1850s. Nowadays, it is a winery.

Location

It is located on the Cancabèu (Campbeau) plateau in Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne, Provence, France.[1]

History

15th-century house

In the fifteenth century, a bastide was built for an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal.[2]

It later belonged to the Dukes of Gadagne.[3]

Birthplace of the Félibrige
The birth of Félibrige.

The bastide belonged to Marie-Pierre d'Alcantara Goujon (1770–1840), a wealthy philanthropist who served as the Mayor of Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne from 1813 to 1816.[3][4] He had no children and bequeathed it to the Giéra family in the nineteenth century.[1]

On May 21, 1854, Paul Giéra formed the Félibrige movement with fellow poets Frédéric Mistral, Joseph Roumanille, Théodore Aubanel, Jean Brunet, Anselme Mathieu and Alphonse Tavan here.[2][1]

Chateau

The chateau was built in 1860.[1]

Wine

The estate produces wine.[5]

References
  1. Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne: Félibrige
  2. Maurice Pezet, Le Ventoux et le comtat venaissin, Fernand Lanore, Paris, 1977, p. 22
  3. Cinquantenaire de Font-Ségugne, Centre International de l'Écrit en Langue d'Oc, October 2010
  4. Pays des Sorgues: Le plateau de Campbeau
  5. Gadagne: Château de Fontségugne

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