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 plateau in Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne, Provence, France.History
In the fifteenth century, a bastide was built for an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal.
It later belonged to the Dukes of Gadagne.The bastide belonged to Marie-Pierre d'Alcantara Goujon, a wealthy philanthropist who served as the Mayor of Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne from 1813 to 1816. He had no children and bequeathed it to the Giéra family in the nineteenth century.
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.Chateau
The chateau was built in 1860.Wine
The estate produces wine.
