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 15th 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, Southern France.Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne: Félibrige
History 15th-century house In the 15th century, a bastide was built for an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal.Maurice Pezet, Le Ventoux et le comtat venaissin, Fernand Lanore, Paris, 1977, p. 22
It later belonged to the Dukes of Gadagne.Cinquantenaire de Font-Ségugne, Centre International de l'Écrit en Langue d'Oc, October 2010
Birthplace of the 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.Pays des Sorgues: Le plateau de Campbeau He had no children and bequeathed it to the Giéra family in the 19th century.
On 21 May 1854, Paul Giéra formed the Félibrige movement with fellow poets Frédéric Mistral, Joseph Roumanille, Théodore Aubanel, Jean Brunet, Anselme Mathieu and Alphonse Tavan here.
Château The château was built in 1860.
Wine The estate produces wine.Gadagne: Château de Fontségugne
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