Helene Anderson
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By chance I found this place, in La Mothe St Héray. I just followed a sign and there I was before a most magnificent building.
Built by Nicolas Tillon, a master builder from Richlieu it was finished in 1634. At the time it was part of a château, though this was dismantled in the nineteenth century, being sold stone by stone in 1842.
The Orangerie nearly suffered the same fate but was classed as a 'hstorique monument in 1925 and purchased by the town three years later.
In 1997 an ambitious renovation project was undertaken to return the Orangerie to a form of splendour.
There is a small canal, river that goes along one side of the building so not so easy to get shots from that side.
It wasn't possible to photographe the gardens, all is pretty much shut up though the building is still used for various events. Some events being held in the long gallery.
Built by Nicolas Tillon, a master builder from Richlieu it was finished in 1634. At the time it was part of a château, though this was dismantled in the nineteenth century, being sold stone by stone in 1842.
The Orangerie nearly suffered the same fate but was classed as a 'hstorique monument in 1925 and purchased by the town three years later.
In 1997 an ambitious renovation project was undertaken to return the Orangerie to a form of splendour.
There is a small canal, river that goes along one side of the building so not so easy to get shots from that side.
It wasn't possible to photographe the gardens, all is pretty much shut up though the building is still used for various events. Some events being held in the long gallery.
