le lieu historique DU CHÂTEAU DE PIZAY

Gardens & Château

The legacy of a great history,
the emotion of a garden,
the timelessness of a forest.

Our 18th-century French garden was designed during the era of Le Nôtre, creator of the Palace of Versailles gardens.

The 1750 plan, preserved at Pizay, shows that the design has remained unchanged thanks to constant maintenance. Eight paths converge in a star shape towards a flower-filled pond, delimiting a number of flowerbeds whose borders are highlighted by boxwood benches. Majestic yew trees, pruned into flat tops, stand tall opposite the keep. More than 4,000 potted flowers are selected and planted in the spring to complete the magic of the place.

This romantic garden is a perfect example of topiary art.

To the north of the castle, covering some thirty hectares, lies
the Pizay forest.

The forest is unspoiled nature, a wild space, a place where stories are created. A unique reserve of biodiversity combining oak, hornbeam, acacia, chestnut trees, hares, deer, and various birds, it extends the tranquility of the property and allows visitors to escape into a preserved world. Today, forest management is once again at the heart of our activities. Our recent selection of oak trees will soon enable us to produce casks and barrels for aging our finest vintages.

We are heirs to a long history of serving the arts of living.

The name Pizay or Pizeys was first mentioned in 1030 in the charters of Cluny Abbey. Today, the castle is a subtle blend of the different roles it has played throughout its history: a place of passage, protection, sharing, and promotion of the Beaujolais region.

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