Château du Tholonet | |
Building Type: | Château |
Location Town: | Le Tholonet |
Location Country: | France |
Client: | Alexandre de Gallifet |
Owner: | Société du Canal de Provence |
Coordinates: | 43.5242°N 5.5094°W |
Completion Date: | 1776 |
The Château du Tholonet is an historic château or bastide in Le Tholonet near Aix-en-Provence, France.[1]
The estate was acquired by Alexandre de Gallifet, who served as the President of the Parlement of Aix-en-Provence, from the d'Albertas family in 1646.[2] The bastide was completed in 1776, a decade prior to the French Revolution.[1] It was later inherited by Gaston Alexandre Auguste, Marquis de Galliffet, who opposed the construction of the Zola Dam in 1838.[3]
It has been home to the Société du Canal de Provence since 1959.[2]