The Estate
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La Magnanerie
The Estate has an impressive 19th century silkworm farm, listed as a Historic Monument, now transformed into a reception room.
The ground floor room of 200 m² can accommodate up to 198 people for cocktails and dinners. This room is bright, with its large openings onto the park.
The upstairs room of 160 m², with exposed beams, can accommodate up to 120 people for cocktails and dinners.
The magnanerie has a large terrace and a nomad tent for your outdoor receptions.
Le Château
The Castle offers you a variety of spaces for an unforgettable stay with its 6-hectare park. The castle has 8 comfortable rooms and houses for 27 beds in its park, perfect for your holidays or private events in Provence.
Salons
The Domaine des Barrenques offers three exceptional lounges, each offering a unique atmosphere:
- The TV lounge : A comfortable space with large sofas, perfect for relaxing and enjoying moments of rest.
- The Billiard Room : Ideal for moments of conviviality and entertainment, over a cup of tea or for wine tasting evenings.
- The Art Deco Lounge : An elegant and refined setting, ideal for cocktails in small groups or private events.
Interior rooms
The Domaine des Barrenques offers three reception rooms ideal for all your professional and private events:
- The Mill Room can accommodate up to 50 people. Perfect for a cocktail party, a secular ceremony, business meetings, or as a space for children.
- The Silo Room can accommodate up to 70 people. It is ideal for organizing business meetings, seminars or training sessions.
- The Studio Room is designed to accommodate up to 35 people, ideal for team meetings, executive seminars, or work groups.
Outdoor spaces
Discover the 6-hectare park of Domaine des Barrenques, imbued with floral scents. This vast estate is crossed by a river in the shade of age-old trees, including majestic hundred-year-old plane trees. You will find peaceful walks, green cones opening onto fields, and a variety of remarkable trees.
A large swimming pool and a heated pool at the beginning and end of the season are at your disposal to cool off, as well as two terraces and beds in the heart of the park, offering a breathtaking view of the thyme and lavender fields, true symbols of Provence.
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Outdoor spaces
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Open-air ceremonial areas
Discover the Domaine des Barrenques open-air ceremonial spaces. Enjoy panoramic views of Mont Ventoux, fields of lavender in bloom, and the serenity offered by the wooded park and château. These open-air spaces allow your guests to enjoy the coolness of the park in the shade of century-old plane trees.
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The Estate's Terraces
Opt for outdoor experiences during your event: the reception on the Château's terrace with a breathtaking view of the gardens. Even more than plant architecture and groves, water in all its forms is the preferred ornament of French gardens, with a magnificent period fountain. And dinner on the Magnanerie terrace offers remarkable views of the illuminated facade of the Magnanerie and the classified park.
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The Cathedral of Platanes
In the heart of the lush park of Domaine des Barrenques, the Platanes Cathedral is a hidden and exceptional place, perfect for organizing intimate dinners, surrounded by majestic plane trees.
The Estate's Pools
The main pool at Domaine des Barrenques, located just in front of the charming Moulin and the Castle, is the ideal place for a Provençal brunch. Nestled in lush vegetation, it offers an intimate setting perfect for your private events, whether it's a brunch, a chic garden party or an elegant reception.
In addition to the main pool, a second pool, heated at the beginning and end of the season, is also available near the Maison de la Tonnelle.
History of the Château des Barrenques
A visionary Marquis imagined and laid the foundations for harmonious, logical agricultural development in harmony with the natural environment of the banks of the Rhône. 15 successive generations, developed a real economy, structured the territory and created a social link with its inhabitants.
A farmer repatriated from Algeria, where he had lost his land, will take over the last farms and cultivate the last lands of the Château des Barrenques. The castle will no longer be a lever for the development of the territory and agricultural activity will stop and the land will be scattered when he dies.
An Irishman bought the castle and used it as it was, in a personal move that continued to isolate the castle from the surrounding area.
A lawyer with a passion for heritage will realize his life's project and commit his money to saving the castle, the mill, the chapel and the silkworm nursery, but he will neglect the park. He opposed the mayor of Lamotte and the state (prefecture of Vaucluse) head-on, then, in contradiction with town-planning regulations, using his own funds, he saved the buildings and obtained 5 ISMAH classifications.
Taken over by the Domaines & Events group, the founder Nicolas Tommasini, with a wealth of successful experience in real estate and hotel development, imagined with his partners a simple economic model to bring the place back to life.
To go further
The Château des Barrenques, located in Provence, has a rich history that dates back over 700 years.
In 1300, the city of Pont-Saint-Esprit, an economic crossroads between Lyon and Camargue, became a nerve center with the construction of the oldest bridge over the Rhône. The Saint Roch family, a visionary, was at the origin of the creation of the Castle in 1324 on the left bank of the Rhône.
This estate extends over 300 hectares, with the construction of 22 farms around the castle, creating a thriving agricultural economy. The Castle and its outbuildings, including a 35-meter-long silkworm farm, were designed to withstand the Mistral and be integrated into a vast 6-hectare park. River water was diverted to feed a mill and an aqueduct, essential for the production of silk, a key activity in the domain. The 4000 mulberry trees on the estate supplied silk to the weavers of Lyon, making the Château des Barrenques the largest silkworm factory in France at the time.
Over the centuries, this agricultural and family structure has passed through the ages, evolving while remaining in the same noble line. In the 20th century, during the Second World War, the estate still ensured the livelihood of local families.
From 1962 to 1992, a farmer repatriated from Algeria took over the last farms and cultivated the last land on the estate. This man, having lost his land in Algeria, maintained the agricultural activities of the Castle for 30 years.
Between 1992 and 2002, an Irish man bought the Castle, but with no real intention of revitalizing the place. He takes a personal approach that further isolates the castle from its territory. During this period of ten years, the field remained frozen in time.
From 2002 to 2022, a lawyer passionate about heritage took possession of the Castle and set out to save this historic jewel. He invested his own funds to restore the Castle, the mill, the chapel and the magnanerie. Despite tensions with the local authorities, in particular the Mayor of Lamotte and the prefecture of Vaucluse, he managed to obtain the classification of the estate in the Supplementary Inventory of Historic Monuments (ISMH) in 2021. However, the park was left abandoned during these 20 years.
Today, the Château des Barrenques, listed as a Historic Monument in 2021, was bought by the Domaines & Events group in 2022, and which is bringing this historic place back to life through ambitious event projects, by reinventing this Castle to host weddings, private events, seminars, and corporate events. This new orientation makes it possible to perpetuate the Château's heritage while integrating it into a modern and sustainable economic model.
Our CSR approach
Ecological awareness
A historic site surrounded by vast hectares of nature, we place respect and the enhancement of natural and architectural heritage at the center of our commitment.
We think about our business by integrating sustainable development and social responsibility into it throughout our organization. The Domaine des Barrenques is rooted in its local environment and we give maximum priority to products and teams with social ties at the heart of our activity. The team of Domains & events and Domaine des Barrenques is constantly working to minimize the environmental impacts of its activities:
- Zero net artificialization (rehabilitation of the existing; no new construction)
- Energy insulation works to reduce consumption; water recovery and reuse for watering gardens, ponds etc...
- Development of biodiversity and installation of hives
- Choice of products and amenities with a low impact on nature
- Installation of electrical terminals and optimization of energy consumption
- Local integration with the organization of the egg hunt, reception of meals for seniors...
A dedicated team,
a unique event
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