Lamartine was a poet but he also was a great politician in the early nineteeth century. In 1820, he inherited this castle on marrying Mary Ann Birch. He initiated the restoration of Saint Point in English Neogothic style. Close by, you can visit the funeral chapel of the Lamartine family and the Norman church dating back to the twelth century.

Since 1802, the castle has belonged to the Lamartine family ans the current owners are his great nephews.

The castle of Pierreclos – so dear to Lamartine – was built on a land that is now part of a conservation area.
Visitors will appreciate: Its Norman church, its rooms dating back to the twelth and thirteenth centuries, its bakery, its museums, its spiral staircase, its medieval kitchens, its Norman cellars, its guardroom and its panoramic terraces.

Berzé is a daunting fortress of 13 towers which overlooks the vale of Lamartine. Many medieval rooms such as a Carolingian chapel or a guardroom can be visited within its 3 surrounding walls.
The castle is embellished with terraced gardens.

The castle flanked by its three main towers stands up in the middle of its vines. Visitors proceed through a passage and reach a vast inner court which gives access to the different buildings of the property. They include an impressive barn from the fourteenth century and a series of various houses which face the outbuildings and the winery. All this is completed by the castle itself which was built over the