The mansion dates to the 15th century and was first constructed as a fortress by the Castellane family, one of the oldest and most illustrious noble lines in Provence. In its over thousand years of ...

Skip the lines in Paris and visit these picturesque towns and villages, where the crowds are fewer and the pace is slower.

This article originally appeared in the August 2007 issue of Architectural Digest. The French Revolution was hard on châteaux, and the ancestral home of the Marquis de Sade in Provence was no ...

Bertrand Pillivuyt came to occupy the Château de la Barben, a 1,000 year-old castle in Aix en Provence, the old fashioned way: “I inherited it,” he said. “It was passed to my wife and myself in 2006.” ...

SPEND one week cruising through the south of France and another week living it up in romantic, moated castles in Provence, Bordeaux and the Loire Valley. The 19-day 'Provence, Burgundy and Romantic ...

Both the literal and figurative crown of La Verdière (a hilly village in southeastern France), the largest castle in Provence has just hit the market for 19.7 million. Known as Chateau De La Verdière, ...