Château Labrède

Château de Labrède is a romantic 13th c. moated castle which was the birthplace and home of the politician, writer and philosopher Charles de Segondat, Baron de La Breède and de Montesquieu. The library contains more than 7,000 works.

To the south of Bordeaux is the Château Labrède, in which Montesquieu was born in 1689. Southeast of Bordeaux, in Cadillac, is the Château d'Epernon (16th-17th century), with eight monumental chimneypieces.