Marquis de Sade Castle Restored by Pierre Cardin

<div><div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;"> Second post today. <span>This </span>15th-century castle, once the residence of the Marquis de Sade, <span></span><span>was restored by world-known fashion icon Pierre Cardin. Located in Lacoste, a commune in The Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.</span> <span></span><span><br /></span><br /></div></div><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/magazine/2007/08/cardin/arsl01_cardin.jpg" style="width: 601px; height: 498px;" /><br /><div><div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;">The legendary château, in ruins before Cardin stepped in, occupies a 70-acre hilltop site overlooking the medieval village of Lacoste.<span><br /><br /></span></div></div><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/magazine/2007/08/cardin/arsl02_cardin.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 497px;" /><br /><div><div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;">With the castle courtyard’s structural integrity reestablished, the area, which affords visitors views of the Lubéron mountains, is now used as an event location of the Festival de Lacoste, a summer concert series produced by Cardin.<span><br /><br /></span><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/magazine/2007/08/cardin/arsl04_cardin.jpg" style="width: 451px; height: 678px;" /><br /><div><div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;">Designer Pierre Cardin sits in one of the stone walled rooms.<span><br /><br /></span></div></div><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/magazine/2007/08/cardin/arsl05_cardin.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 497px;" /><br /><div><div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;">The entrance hall , where a bronze figure of a man sits on a Renaissance chest.<span><br /><br /></span><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/magazine/2007/08/cardin/arsl06_cardin.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 497px;" /><br /><div><div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;">An arrangement of Louis XV and XVI giltwood chairs and an elaborately carved Rococo side table are among the designer’s selections for the peach first-floor reception area. <span><br /><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/magazine/features/2007/08/cardin_slideshow_082007#slide=5#ixzz14mc3pnQh" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153);"><br /></a></span></div></div><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/magazine/2007/08/cardin/arsl09_cardin.jpg" style="width: 496px; height: 746px;" /><br /><div><div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;">A cabinet showcases his collectibles, including an Egyptian mask and a grouping of early pewter tableware.<span><br /></span><br /><div><div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;"><span></span><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/magazine/2007/08/cardin/arsl12_cardin.jpg" /><br /><div><div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;">The quarry now serves as a concert space.<span><br /><br /></span></div></div><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/magazine/2007/08/cardin/arsl14_cardin.jpg" style="width: 560px; height: 465px;" /><br /><div><div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;">In the second-floor dining room, Cardin combined furnishings from multiple periods, some of which he acquired at a Paris flea market.<span><br /><br /></span></div></div><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/magazine/2007/08/cardin/arsl15_cardin.jpg" style="width: 562px; height: 466px;" /><br /><div><div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;">The castle’s walls were constructed of Ménerbes stone taken from the quarry.<span><br /><br /></span></div></div><span class="c"><span>Photography by </span>Derry Moore</span><br /><span>All images and information from <a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a>.<br /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

Marquis de Sade Castle Restored by Pierre Cardin

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