He painted a large number of works for public buildings and for various chateaux.
In the countryside, the nobility had the majority of the more than 1200 chateaux, manors and country houses erected.
There are many palaces and chateaux in the area, therefore this list is not complete.
Knock-off artists refill empty bottles from famous chateaux with inferior vintages.
During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, a number of small chateaux were constructed in the prosperous village by wealthy wine merchants.
This critical selection of grapes also resulted in many chateaux introducing second wines, so not to waste good but not optimum quality grapes.
One finds many recent chateaux, mas and bastides.
The last prince bequeathed the property to his stepson, who sold it to an association of historic chateaux in 1979.
