BISHOPS’ CASTLE

  • MONUM
HOFERBURY_OTM_TSF_1
  • Description

    The Château des Evêques (Bishops’ Castle) was built in the 18th century in a park planted with cypress trees, plane trees and magnolias, on the site of an old feudal castle.

    The château features a remarkable fortified door, as well as a music room with ornamental plasterwork. It was the summer residence of the bishops of Montpellier, including the respected Joachim Colbert de Croissy, nephew of the great Colbert.

    The park has a number of ponds including a large fish-pond, as well as a French-style garden and an orangery. Sold to the Revolution as a national asset, today it houses the Hofer-Bury museum and the Jean de la Fontaine multimedia library.

  • Useful info

    Access

    Railway station : Gare SNCF Montpellier Saint Roch to 10 km

    Motorway : A9 - Sortie "Saint-Jean-de-Védas" to 10 km

Contact details

Avenue du Château
34880 LAVERUNE
Less than 20 km from Montpellier garrigue side

  • Phone : +33 4 99 51 20 00

  • culture@mairiedelaverune.fr

  • web

    http://www.laverune.fr

Itinerary

Follow us

Montpellier

Destination

Our tourist advisers

welcome you every day
30 Place de la Comédie Montpellier
9.30am - 6pm (Mon-Sat)
10am - 5pm (Sun.&Bank holidays).

+33 (0)4 67 60 60 60
contact@ot-montpellier.fr

Our tourist information offices
Lattes : +33 (0)7 72 43 65 08
Villeneuve-lès- Maguelone : 07 87 25 67 45
Castries : +33 (0)4 67 52 04 24