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This painting depicts that quietude of France on a late summer’s after-
noon. The sense of light and shade playing out through the trees and
terrace canopy reinforces this feeling. The history of the chateau reaches
back through the centuries, having been an ancient Celtic place.
It was first mentioned in French Roman text in 1560 and tells of the
domain being called chateau de Fajac la Selve, named after the Belveze
family.
In 1760 the bloodline of Fajac nobles died out and the King of France
handed the land to the Count of Durfort, later to be renamed the Count of
Deyme.

In 1789 during the progression of the French Revolution, the estate was

entrusted to the Civil Hospice of Carcassonne.
From 1849 Joseph Paul Francois Villary purchased the Domain and the
title of Fajac. He became Baron Villary Fajac. He modernised the castle
and employed an English landscape gardener to design the park.
In subsequent times, the Chateau has been through various ownerships,
and is now a private family estate and offers accommodation.

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Chateau Fajac la Selve,
Oil on canvas 401/8 x 40 1/8 inches