Château du Tholonet

Château du Tholonet
Château du Tholonet
	The chateau in 2010.
General information
Type	Château
Town or city	Le Tholonet
Country	France
Coordinates	43°31′27″N 5°30′34″E / 43.5242°N 5.5094°ECoordinates: 43°31′27″N 5°30′34″E / 43.5242°N 5.5094°E
Completed	1776
Client	Alexandre de Gallifet
Owner	Société du Canal de Provence

The Château du Tholonet is an historic château or bastide in Le Tholonet near Aix-en-Provence, France.^[1]

History[]

The estate was acquired by , who served as the President of the Parliament of Aix-en-Provence, from the d'Albertas family in 1646.^[2] The bastide was completed in 1776, a decade prior to the French Revolution.^[1] It was later inherited by Gaston Alexandre Auguste, Marquis de Galliffet, who opposed the construction of the Zola Dam in 1838.^[3]

It has been home to the Société du Canal de Provence since 1959.^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Château du Tholonet". Office de tourisme d'Aix-en-Provence. Archived from the original on April 10, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Le château". Le Tholonet. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
^ Mitterand, Henri (2009). Zola tel qu'en lui-même. Paris: Presses universitaires de France. pp. 171–204. ISBN 9782130570820. Retrieved March 28, 2016 – via Cairn.info.

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[officechateau-1] "Château du Tholonet". Office de tourisme d'Aix-en-Provence. Archived from the original on April 10, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2016.

[lechateauletholonet-2] "Le château". Le Tholonet. Retrieved March 30, 2016.

[zolatelquel-3] Mitterand, Henri (2009). Zola tel qu'en lui-même. Paris: Presses universitaires de France. pp. 171–204. ISBN 9782130570820. Retrieved March 28, 2016 – via Cairn.info.

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