Château de Lourmarin

The Lourmarin Castle (French Château de Lourmarin ) is a Renaissance castle in the French town of Lourmarin in the department of Vaucluse in Provence -Alpes- Côte d' Azur region.

In the 15th century the Castle of Fulk d' Agoult was his time built chamberlain of King Rene of Anjou, on the ruins of an old fortress from the 12th century. In the following years, the building underwent several expansions and changes.

After 1526 the palace of Louis d' Agoult -Montauban and his wife Blanche de Lévis - Ventadour was a Renaissance mounting the first Renaissance building in Provence.

End of the 16th century, the castle became the property of the family Créqui - Lesdiguières, owner of Château de La Tour d' Aigues. Since that time until the French Revolution the castle was no longer inhabited by the owners. After the French Revolution the castle changed hands several times and had been ruined. Robert Laurent- Vibert, a cosmetics manufacturer from Lyon, saved the castle from final ruin and had it restored in 1920 by the architect Henri Pacon. 1925 died Laurent- Vibert in a car accident. In his will he bequeathed this property of the l' Académie des Sciences, Agriculture, Arts et Belles Lettres of Aix -en- Provence under the obligation to convert the property into a foundation that promotes young artists and events performing.