Castillo y Gardines de Freÿr al Mosa (Bélgica)

La Roche-Courbon Castle, Saintonge in France

• At the beginning of the 20th century, La Roche Courbon awakened like the sleeping beauty following a call of the French writer Pierre Loti to salvage it.
• Mr. Paul Chénereau undertook this herculean task. He restored the house and recreated the formal gardens according to the ancient plans.
• As the gardens were sinking in the underlying swamps, his son-in-law went on a titanic work: lay the gardens on piles.
• Now the house, built on a former medieval stronghold, and the gardens have regained their splendor of yesteryear (17th century). They radiate a charm hard to find elsewhere.
• www.t3a.com/LaRocheCourbon
• www.charente-maritime.org