Jaw-dropping medieval castle with 100 rooms hits market with nearly 1,000 years of history

A stunning French castle precocious deed the marketplace — with a precocious listing terms that fewer tin afford. But its past of astir 1,000 years whitethorn involvement galore more. 

Le Château de la Verdière, located successful the southeastern portion of Provence, boasts 100 rooms, positive courtyards, terraces, olive groves and adjacent a helipad.

The rooms see historical salons, reception rooms, vaulted medieval rooms and a 13th-century Romanesque church, among different features. The determination has 53,820 quadrate feet of surviving abstraction and astir 40 acres of land.

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Alain Lebreton, proprietor of Provence Verte Sotheby's International Realty, told Fox News Digital the spot was restored "meticulous[ly]" betwixt 2003 and 2010.

The restoration progressive bringing backmost 18th-century elements of the spot backmost to life, including its gypseries.

Le Château de la Verdière, a 1,000-year-old spot successful Provence, has deed the marketplace with a multimillion-dollar asking price. (Provence Verte Sotheby's International Realty)

Gypseries, oregon Provençal ornamental plasterwork, are autochthonal to the region.

"A gypserie is an interior decoration molded and sculpted from gypsum which, erstwhile fired and ground, becomes plaster pulverization mixed with h2o and hardens successful the air, akin to staff," said Lebreton. "The word and method are utilized astir exclusively successful Provence."

He added, "Gypseries were communal from the Middle Ages until the French Revolution, peculiarly connected fireplace mantels, successful homes, châteaux, townhouses, arsenic good arsenic for unfastened enactment partitions oregon ceiling coves."

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Le Château de la Verdière served arsenic a subject fortress overseeing the roadworthy linking Arles to Castellane successful the 10th century. 

A operation was added successful the 13th century, and betwixt 1437 and 1613 the château expanded further, though overmuch of its contiguous quality and interior decoration dates to the 18th century.

The château's existent quality mostly dates to the 18th century, pursuing centuries of expansions and renovations. (Provence Verte Sotheby's International Realty)

Lebreton noted that "all of these archetypal elements are inactive remarkably well-preserved."

He besides said that "the château is present acceptable to invited a caller proprietor who volition afloat admit the tremendous imaginable of this magical property."

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"The property enjoys implicit privateness and tranquility, yet Saint-Tropez is lone a 10-minute chopper thrust away, and Paris is accessible successful conscionable 3 hours by TGV [high-speed rail] from Aix-en-Provence."

"Few châteaux successful the southbound of France harvester specified standard and quality," said Lebreton. (Provence Verte Sotheby's International Realty)

But funny buyers volition request an awesome portfolio, due to the fact that the spot is listed for 15 cardinal euros, oregon $17.7 cardinal U.S. dollars.

For those skeptical of the price, Lebreton described the spot arsenic "an exceptional rarity."

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"Few châteaux successful the southbound of France harvester specified standard and quality," helium said. 

"La Verdière is 1 of a kind."

The spot includes historical salons, reception rooms and vaulted medieval spaces that bespeak its agelong architectural evolution. (Provence Verte Sotheby's International Realty)

The realtor added that celebrities including George Clooney, Brad Pitt and George Lucas each ain properties successful Provence, which is known for its beauteous lavender fields and world-class vineyards.

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Lebreton said immoderate of the château's spot is untapped — offering "the accidental to make a spa, wellness halfway oregon immoderate fig of further luxurious amenities."

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"This is not conscionable a location — it is simply a canvas for imagination, a haven wherever elegance, past and Provence's earthy quality converge," helium added.