Located at Odenas, in the Rhône, the Château de La Chaize is still today the largest wine-growing château in the region. Built in the second half of the 17th century to plans by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, it takes place on the slopes of the Beaujolais mountains.
Consisting of three symmetrical bodies, the Château de La Chaize reveals to its visitors a central body surmounted by a triangular pediment and a slate tiled roof. Its ocher color recalls a certain Italian influence, as does the colonnade in the vestibule or the fresco representing Cupid and Psyche in the King's bedroom.
Entirely classified as a Historic Monument, the site is an opportunity to discover a Louis XIV bedroom, an orangery, a theatre, a main staircase or even a French garden and a vegetable patch. The latter is arranged in rays starting from a central basin and offers nasturtiums, roses, dahlias, rhubarb, raspberry and apple trees. The garden, originally designed by Le Nôtre, includes more than 200 varieties of roses.
