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iCadenet Puy, a descendant of the Viscount is a quiet town, whose rich and
of Marseille. But she had resolved fertile surrounding area was
Road map C3. * 4,250. @ Avignon.
@ n 11 pl du Tambour d’Arcole; to become a nun, so agreed to gradually taken over by Aix-
Château de la Tour d’Aigues (04 90 the marriage, but not to en-Provence. Pertuis was the
07 50 29). ( Main square: Mon & its consummation. Both birthplace of the philandering
Sat (May–Oct behind the church). were canonized in Count of Mirabeau’s father, and
∑ ot-cadenet.com 1369. The castle’s the 13th-century clock tower
original keep and is located in place Mirabeau.
Tucked underneath two of its four towers The Eglise St-Nicolas, re-built
the hills in the Durance are still visible. Its in Gothic style in the 16th
valley, Cadenet has 11th- gardens include the century, has a 16th-century
century castle ruins and Renaissance Garden triptych and two 17th-century
a 14th-century church of Eden, built on marble statues. To the south-
with a square bell tower. the former cemetery. west is the battlemented
Its font is made from a Rousset-Riviere family, 14th-century Tour St-Jacques.
Roman sarcophagus. In the the new owners, has
main square, which is used restored the castle
for Cadenet’s bi-weekly and expanded its
market, is a statue collection. The Musée
of the town’s heroic Drummer boy in Cadenet Extraordinaire de
drummer
drummer town square Georges Mazoyer,
drummer boy, André boy, André
Estienne, who beat located south of
such a raucous tattoo in the the village, displays the artist’s
battle for Arcole Bridge in 1796 work, Provençal furniture and
that the enemy thought they a recreated underwater cave,
could hear gunfire, and retreated. all in 15th-century cellars.
+ Château d’Ansouis
oAnsouis Rue du Cartel. Tel 04 90 77 23 36.
Open Apr–Oct: Thu–Mon for guided
Road map C3. * 1,200. n Easter– tours. Closed Nov–Mar. &
Sep: Pl de la Vieille Fontaine (09 77 ∑ chateauansouis.com
84 33 64). ( Sun. ∑ luberon Triumphal arch entrance to La Tour d’Aigues’
cotesud.com E Musée Extraordinaire de Renaissance château
Georges Mazoyer
One of the most remarkable Rue du Vieux Moulin. Tel 04 90 09 aLa Tour d’Aigues
things about the Renaissance 82 64. Open daily (mid-Sep–mid-Jun: Road map C3. * 4,290. @ to
Château d’Ansouis is that it was pm only). & = Pertuis. n Château de la Tour
owned by the Sabran family from d’Aigues (04 90 07 50 29). ( Tue.
1160 until 2008, when it was sold ∑ luberoncotesud.com
to a new owner. The Sabrans have pPertuis
a proven pedigree: in the 13th Road map C3. * 19,500. £ @ Nestling beside the grand
century, Gersende de Sabran n Le Donjon, pl Mirabeau (04 90 limestone mountain ranges
and Raymond Bérenger IV’s four 79 15 56). ( Wed, Fri, Sat. of Luberon, and surrounded by
daughters became queens of ∑ tourismepertuis.fr scenic vineyards and orchards,
France, England, Romania and this beautiful town takes its name
Naples respectively. In 1298, Elzéar Once the capital of the Pays from a historic 10th-century
de Sabran married Delphine de d’Aigues, present-day Pertuis tower. The 16th-century castle
completes the triumvirate
of Renaissance châteaux in
the Luberon (the others are
Lourmarin and Ansouis). Built on
the foundations of a medieval
castle by Baron de Central, its
massive portal is based on the
splendid Roman arch at Orange
(see p165). The castle was
damaged in the French
Revolution (1789–94), but
has been partially restored.
+ Château de la Tour d’Aigues
BP 48. Tel 04 90 07 50 29.
Courtyard: Open daily. &
Duchess’s bedroom in the Château d’Ansouis 8 private tours only (04 90 07 42 10).