Château de Vézins

Château de Vézins
Location within France
General information
Status Used as a private dwelling
Type Private château
Architectural style Middle Ages fortress, rebuilt in the Renaissance style
Address 12780 Vézins-de-Lévézou
Town or city Vézins-de-Lévézou, Aveyron
Country France
Coordinates 44°16′47″N 2°57′11″E / 44.27972°N 2.95306°E / 44.27972; 2.95306Coordinates: 44°16′47″N 2°57′11″E / 44.27972°N 2.95306°E / 44.27972; 2.95306
Completed 1120
Owner Vézins family
Affiliation Route des Seigneurs du Rouergue
Awards and prizes

2000 Prix du Patrimoine (Midi-Pyrénées region)

Designated 1 October 1990
Reference no. PA00094238
References
[1]

The Château de Vézins is a much-altered castle in the commune of Vézins-de-Lévézou between Millau and Rodez in the Aveyron département of France.[2] It has been in the possession of the Vézins family for 900 years.

The first fortress was built in 1120 by Vesian de Vézins to command the Lévezou district. Following a disastrous fire in 1642, the only remains of this original castle are the vaulted rooms of the ground floor. The castle was then redeveloped in the Renaissance style.[2]

Modern-day visitors to the horseshoe-shaped château can see the vaulted hall from the Middle Ages and the first floor rooms. Of particular note are the sculpted coats of arms on the chimney places, Aubusson tapestries from the 16th and 17th centuries and a canopied bed.

The château was awarded the 2000 Prix du Patrimoine 2000 (heritage prize) for the Midi-Pyrénées region. It is one of a group of 23 castles in Aveyron that have joined together to provide a tourist itinerary as the Route des Seigneurs du Rouergue.[1]

In 1990 the Château de Vézins was listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Château de Vézins" (in French). La Route des Seigneurs du Rouergue. 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Château, Vézins-de-Lévézou". Monuments historiques (in French). France: Ministry of Culture. 16 January 2014.

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