Ancienne église castrale Sainte-Agathe et vestiges du château de Sabran

English translation

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History

Mentioned as early as the 11th century, the castle of Sabran belonged then to a family in the entourage of the counts of Toulouse. The fief was however divided in the 13th century to become a co-seigneury. Besieged by Protestants in 1573, and perhaps partly destroyed as a result, the castle of Sabran was dismantled under Louis XIII. Remaining property of the Nicolay family, it was sold in a state of ruin, between 1861 and 1894, to Elzéar-Charles-Antoine de Sabran-Pontevès. Several castle towers, partly ruined, datable to the late 12th or 13th century, remain to the north of the site: the north tower, still standing to a height of 15 m; the north-east tower, called the latrines tower; the south tower, with a cistern in the basement; the west tower surmounted in 1860 by a statue of the Virgin. To the south, the castle chapel, modified several times, reveals glimpses of medieval parts and plan.