19/04/2026
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The construction of the castle on the hills of Tourrettes : le « Château du Puy »
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Being a tireless builder, General Fabre bought the small hill of Puy in Tourrettes which faces the old castle of the lords of Tourrettes and he undertook to build his castle there.
As a notorious Russian art collector, his plan was to build a palace museum for his art collection in Tourrettes. He also planned to make the Château du puy a house of artists and a place where artists could be formed and trained
This monument, according to the plans he brought back, was to include: in the basement his tomb; on the mezzanine, the museum to hang the works of his Beauty, and on the first floor, his apartments. And so it happened.
In the village of Tourrettes, the castle was called « Château Général Fabre » , but he called it « Chateau mon Plaisir ».
He boldly started with the construction of what became the « Château du Puy », hereby creating jobs for local craftsmen of Tourrettes.
