Henri de Castellane

Henri Charles Louis Boniface, marquis de Castellane (23 September 1814, Paris - 16 October 1847, château de Rochecotte) was a French politician and nobleman. He was the eldest son of marshal Boniface de Castellane and married Pauline de Talleyrand-Périgord, bringing the château de Rochecotte into the Castellane family. Their two children were Marie de Castellane (1840-1915), princess Radziwill by marriage, who published the "Chroniques de 1831 à 1862" by her grandmother Dorothea von Biron (Plon, 4 volumes, 1909), and Antoine de Castellane (1844-1917), father to the dandy and politician Boniface de Castellane (1867-1932).

De Castellane

De Castellane is a Champagne producer based in the Épernay region of Champagne. The house, founded in 1895, produces both vintage and non-vintage cuvee as well as a blanc de blancs Chardonnay Champagne. The house is currently under the ownership of Laurent-Perrier.

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Coordinates: 49°02′33″N 3°58′10″E / 49.0426°N 3.9694°E / 49.0426; 3.9694

Castellane

For the neighbourhood in Marseille, see La Castellane.

Castellane is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.

Geography

The town of Castellane is a very old city located upstream of the Gorges du Verdon. The city is 724 meters above sea level.

The Roc, or Notre Dame overlooking the city is 184 meters above the city. The historical site has been occupied since the High Middle Ages. The site is accessed from the center of town behind the old Church of St. Andrew. The walk takes about 25 minutes.

Two reservoirs are located in the territory of Castellane:

The hiking trail GR 4 passes through the town.

Peaks and passes

Castellane and the Roc.

Middle Ages

In the early ninth century, all the area around the current town of Castellane was inhabited by only 84 people. To protect themselves from invasions, inhabitants shifted to the top of the Rock which dominates the valley of the Verdon, and on the terraces below the Rock. Some vestiges of this site of Castellane, who was appointed in SINAC 813 (current place called Signal and Petra Castellana in 965) are still visible. For practical reasons, the people then settled at the foot of the Rock in the bottom of the valley.