Once a countryside escape for a university dean during the Enlightenment, this classical mansion now hides in plain sight in Montpellier’s historic center — a thriving university city near the Mediterranean in the South of France.

Located near Pézenas, the delightful 16th century capital of the Languedoc, and just 20 minutes from the Mediterranean Sea, the castle is on the market with Montpellier Sotheby's.