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>The bedchamber of the Countess in the 19th centuryentury |
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A lovely room with period furniture: four-poster bed, armchair, carved confiturier, a exquisitely fine pedestal, a kneeling chair of extraordinary beauty and perfection, draperies (now being installed), paintings. |
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A light automatically illuminates the cell when you enter.
Mostly carved into the rock, this frightful prison cell of 4 square meters, closed by two solid doors, may have had a partitioned area lined or not with straw. To add to the prisoner's isolation, a tiny baffled passage was used for passing through a hunk of bread and a small jug of water, but did not allow the prisoner and his gaoler to see each other. |
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In this house Léopold de Bonaventure allegedly attempted, as did so many other alchemists, the transformation of matter. Perched on top of steep cliff faces, these places offer the discretion and tranquillity needed to practice such dubious, marginal and even forbidden activities. This place is ideal and lends itself well to meditation and research. The view on the valley lets you see to the right, the village of Moustier, le château de Chabans whence originates in part the name of Jacques Chaban-Delmas, a former French Prime Minister, and straight across, the hamlet of Lespinasse. |
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| > Opening Dates and Times |
Open daily from February to 30 November & Christmas Holidays
February holidays, months of March, October, November, Christmas holidays: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
April: 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
May, June, September: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
July, August: 10 a.m. to 8 p. |
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