Château de la Brède
La Brède, France
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.
The Château de La Brède is a Gothic castle in La Brède, in the Gironde department of France, set among water-filled moats and an English garden in a Bordelais vineyard. Begun in 1306 on the site of an earlier castle, it has kept its character as a fortress despite centuries of alteration. The philosopher Montesquieu was born there and wrote most of his works there, and his bedroom survives as it was in the 18th century.
Movement
- Built
- Type
- castle, château
- Heritage
- classified historical monument, Maisons des Illustres
- Place
- La Brède, France
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