The Chateau de boisson history

Although there is little information on the history of the Château de Boisson (Drink Castle), it is known that since the 14th Century, it belonged to the leader of a small Seigniory (without any doubt separated from that of the Château d’Allègre (Lively Castle).  The drink Seignior owed loyalty to the bishops of Uzès and to the Portes (Gates) barons who shared the land of Allègre. In 1425, Pierre de Haut-Vilar, Lord of Drink, was mentioned, as the successor of another Pierre de Haut-Vilar and Aigline d'Allègre. These Haut-Vilars, had to maintain Drink and their castle, until the end of the 17th Century. Then it was handed over to the Mortenon de Chabrillant's family, before being given up, sometimes around the middle of 18th Century, to the Boudier de Laribal (Laribal Shield). The latter ones have kept it until very recently (the last Mister Bouclier de Laribal died at Salon de Provence [Provence show] in 1982.

The breeding of silkworms has for a long time been the main activity of the Castle and the village of Boisson (Drink village). To remind us, there are still some blackberry bushes in the courtyard of the castle.

The Allègre (Lively) Castle :

The history of the Allègre (Lively) Castle is hardly better known. People think that it is a small-fortified area from the 12th Century, that is, a village with significant guard and inside several feudal towers. The first Allègre was mentioned was in 1211. It is found amongst the possessions of the Bishops of Uzès. This mark is supported by the mail that king Philippe Auguste used to ratify different possessions of this church. There were numerous lords and managers of fief; amongst these the Templiers (Templar). They possessed the so-called Peyrolles tower, the “Budos de Portes”, and in the neighbourhood (2 km away) the Theyragues Castle. In a state of their possessions in 1678, we can read... "The eleventh pastoral is that of Allègre, with its three parishes of Our Lady d' Arlinde, of Saint Privat d' Auzon and St Félix de Boisson". It is mentioned in this Episcopal message, that the château d’Allègre (Lively Castle) is on the top of a well-elevated hill, demolished and in a state of ruin for a long time, which appears to have been an ancient fortress...