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Château Val-joanis is situated in the Luberon, east of Avignon and north of Aix-en-Provence, in the southern part of the Rhone Valley, on the site of an ancient Roman villa, some of the foundations of which are still visible in the lower part of the property. In 1977, Jean-Louis Chancel rediscovered this Château, which for several centuries had borne the coat of arms of Jean de Joanis, secretary to King Louis III of Naples. It is one of the few French estates to have survived successive revolutions without any change to its boundaries: indeed, it is still just as it appeared in Cassini’s land register of 1575. However, all its glory faded during the 19^th century.

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