Chateau de Jean

The Château de Jean is a French château built on the site of an older castle in the commune of Villariès in the Haute-Garonne département of France. About 1559, the De Jean family acquired the castle which was destroyed in 1570 during the Wars of Religion. The current château was built with a defensive character on the site of the old castle at the beginning of the 17th century, then largely remodelled in the 18th century to make a comfortable residence. The rebuilding was done by Jean De Jean, Procureur to the Seneschal of Toulouse in 1604. The major part of the current structure was his work, carried out after 1621, including the fish pond mentioned on several occasions in the texts.

In 1754, the castle was bought by a rich trader, Jean Toulza, who proceeded to make many alterations and extensions: terrace, installing windows in the facades, side wings and cellar, interior decoration (plaster work going back to 1787).