The Château de Villefranche is a
castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...
and stately home in the ''
commune'' of
Villeneuve-lès-Bouloc
Villeneuve-lès-Bouloc (, literally ''Villeneuve near Bouloc''; oc, Vilanava de Bonlòc) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.
Population
Sights
* The Château de Villefranche is a castle and stately home ...
in the
Haute-Garonne ''
département'' of France. Originally built in the 16th century, it was transformed in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Seat of the joint lord of Villeneuve-lès-Bouloc, the castle was a grand house from the end of the 16th century, redeveloped in line with contemporary taste in the 18th and 19th centuries. The residence, surrounded by old parkland and gardens, maintains its
Renaissance era scale and an architectural doorway. Inside, several rooms are decorated with wallpaper from the 1810s. The out-buildings include 18th century farm buildings and a sheep pen dated 1868. Privately owned, it has been listed since 2005 as a ''
monument historique
''Monument historique'' () is a designation given to some national heritage sites in France. It may also refer to the state procedure in France by which National Heritage protection is extended to a building, a specific part of a building, a coll ...
'' by the
French Ministry of Culture.
See also
*
List of castles in France
References
External links
*
Castles in Haute-Garonne
Châteaux in Haute-Garonne
Monuments historiques of Haute-Garonne
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