Uzes Lussan

Uzes

- Masterplan 39

- Ladyship 40

- The promised land 41

- Rejection 42

Built on a promontory rising from the garigues Uzès is a jewel finely crafted over the centuries. Small town of a little more than 8,000 inhabitants or even the flag

blood and gold Dukes, she maintains, engraved in stone.

its monuments and its streets, the sweet song of a sometimes tumultuous-history - which begins with the Romans. She combined with talent the quiet wisdom of its ancient

streets and the modern taste for festivities and tourism.

Prehistoric vestiges attest a very old human grouping around the source of the Eure, as well as in the caves of the Alzon. In the 5th century BC, the uzetien oppidum - in the

northeast of the present city - was one of the milestones of the Greek penetration in the South by the Valley of the Rhone. Also found near the fountain Saint Theodorit a

stretch of Greek Bill enclosure. The Celts arecomici occupied the site from the third century BC The Romans cosmic waters pure and abundant sources of the Eure to bring

them in Nîmes by an aqueduct of 50 km for a vertical drop 12.183 m, the Pont du Gard was. Gallo-Roman Ucetia became a prosperous city with the rich houses from the first

century after. J.-C.

La place aux herbes à Uzès

The street of Saint-Étienne, coming up on the place with herbs, called in the middle ages place of Costel (pillory), where it exposed offenders to public condemnation. Its current name,

given in the 1970s, revives ancient vocation of the marketplace, today one of the most beautiful in France every Saturday morning. This great place is the heart of the city, with its

arches medieval to see many doors that provide access to a network of tunnels once used as storage cellars and its houses from the 17th and 18th centuries. The oldest front (early 16th)

is at an angle above the terroir restaurant, with its stair Tower and its perfectly preserved Bartizan. The fountain was built in the nineteenth instead of a small island of "parasites"

houses that were falling into ruins. Since his rehabilitation, this magnificent place served as setting for many movies: the lovers of Venice and, above all, Cyrano de Bergerac.

The Uzès Saturday market, Place aux Herbes, is one of the most popular in the South of France, blending great food shopping and dry goods and catering to both locals and

tourists in a quaint medieval town. Its little brother, the Wednesday market, focusses on the food, mostly regional specialties. While you can find just about everything you need

to cook up one of your favorite local dishes, including fish, poultry and other meats, the market has a more touristy flare including – local honey, olive oil, chevre, artisanal

beer, sausages, etc. The setting is picture perfect, a romantic French square with dappled sunlight filtering through the shade of the large plane trees. The pretty back

streets surrounding the square are also worth a stroll.

Hotel Rochette at Place aux herbes is the place Prince Ignatius, Bishop Grimaldi and Gessler have dinner) episode Rejection

Studio Uzes, The address : 8 rue du 4 Septembre, Uzès town, Gard department, France

This beautiful giant Plane tree is still here with many beautiful old others! Never seen plane trees of this size.

1987 The water bowl (right below) isn't there nowadays. Decorative Crossbow element? 2015

This plane tree (above) doesn't change at all in so many years! Monumental trees?

The front is beautiful! The interior is not. Though the blocks are still there (they're built on the tombs).

And below the other house (not in Crossbow) this one is in really bad state.....

An ancient mill is not always safe from vandalism in a lonely city park with little surveillance.

Yet you can already see names carved on the wall and they already needed spider silk to hide some graffiti.

Descending down the river

Some trees were cut but one recognizable ones like the curved tree is still there.

After endless dawdling by Mathilde, they are on their way to lord Montal. Tell thinks he is escorting lady Montal, so she is able to sign, but that seems a bit different ...

2015 1987 Episode 40 Lady Montal, riding from fields of l'eure Uzes to this beautiful castle garden.

Cool rocks in front of the horses - This is still episode Ladyship/Lady Montal

Next photos: Unknown place in Ladyship / Lady Montal I don't recognize these hills.

North side of the field The intro of episode Masterplan is shot on these rocks South side

1. Ladyship (the signing scene) and 2. Episode Rejection, The final scene.

3. Episode Masterplan/The Tower. Behind the castle is the church of the Dice cup, the Forge of Stefan's woman

The huge pine tree (left of the castle) is still recognizable. Nowadays they planted small pine trees in a row in front of the village wall and there is a playground for the children.

The church of the Dice cup is behind Pouzilhac castle. This is the exterior of the Dice cup. The interior is not sure. Unknown

The wall Stefan climbed (to show he is top fit to go to the tower) is gone. Even the forge of his woman is gone since a few years. This place is nearby.

As far as we know the interior of Pouzilhac is not in Crossbow. Right below a room in Poulzilhac nowadays.

Switch from the exterior Pouzilhac (left below) to the interior Ducal castle Uzes. Episode 42 Rejection: hall and church in the Ducal castle.

Intro of Rejection The end scene of episode 42 Rejection. The end scene of episode 40 Ladyship/Lady Montal.

This interior is in Duche Uzes (more pictures below this site). Then a sudden exterior switch to the tower and gardens of Pouzilhac.

Ending scene episode 40 Rejection Poulzilhac castle Starting scene episode 42 Rejection

Pouzilhac is the village of the 'Dice cub,' the wall Stefan climbed and the Forge (episode 41 Promised Land).

The houses behind the forge are fallen down. We thought it was the wall next to the entrance of the town but the window doesn't match. We are sure It must have been in Pouzilhac

The color of the stones made us sure that the forge and wall were in Poulzilhac. They no longer exist.

I have seen a part in transit but now it is gone, because the condition was very bad.

A fan has taken a look through Google Streetview and found the original location of the wall and forge. You see below.

The photo in the middle is an example of the wall colors. This photo is taken in Pouzilhac and is in a better state and still there.

It was not nice to see but last time I passed Pouzilhac, the forge and houses are all ruined and taken down. It's an open place now.

It's the place next to the castle garden. So the wall Stefan climbed is gone as well. Some houses were in a bad state so they removed them

but it's still a pity. Such old walls in the typical colors like most of the houses of Pouzilhac. The brown taints in the wall.

Right is the castle and garden, straight ahead the eglise (Dice Cup exterior), left was the forge and wall, now a huge parking place.

The houses behind the forge are gone (compare the left photo the door and right photo the open door above the yellow arrow)

1987 See the stones in the back and the half wall in the door post 2017 2017 taken from the other side, at 2018 It's all taken down

The only place they ruined in the whole village is unfortunately the 'Crossbow' place

The tower has been thoroughly renovated. The edges-ledges seem to have disappeared and the tower is flatter.

1987 You can still see the old place where the ledges were on the tower 2014

The Elite left: in Uzes studio and the fight is in Chapelle Chateau Masmolene. The chateau and the garden is renovated.

The same family living in the castle for 700 year. You can make a tour in the castle and climb the tower.

It is a very steep climb with very narrow steps and almost impossible to pass if someone is coming down but the view from the top is worth it.

The place Tell finds out being a lord is not that much fun, ep. Rejection The dinner of the prince and Gessler in ep. Rejection

"Salle d'honneur" in very traditional royal terms or "salle des fêtes" (party room) or "salle polyvalente" (multi purpose room).

2017 Same hall as in episode Rejection. Tell signs the paper and gives the land to the farmer.

Duchy: Built at the beginning of the middle ages on the site of a former Roman Fortress and repeatedly modified over the centuries,

the Duchy is one of the major medieval constructions the best preserved at the center of a city.

He has however "lost" two of his towers, one assigned to the Bishop in the 13th century and the other sold to the King in the 15th century.

Owned by the same family since the middle ages, the Castle down to him alone all French architecture:

he keeps his dungeons which the imposing Tower of Bermonde, where the flag of the Dukes of the early middle ages.

Renaissance the elegant façade with the coat of arms and the motto of the Dukes "non auro ferro" (by iron and not by gold).

And the Gothic Chapel of the XV century in the 19th century of a decorated with glazed tiles roof coat of arms.

Awarded the title of Duchy in 1565, Uzès becomes first Duchy of France in 1632, which placed the family just after the princes of the blood in the order of precedence.

The Duke of Uzes wore the Crown and the sceptre at the coronation of the Kings and pronounced the ritual 'the King is dead, long live the King' at funerals.

A small part Of The Promised Land/The Tower is shot in Chateau du Duche, Uzes.

They made shots in the right angles, so you're not able to see the buildings around.

Lussan tower (exterior) and Duche Uzes (interior + close up exterior shots of the castle wall) See the shots above. Not Lussan Tower, but in the city in Duche, Uzes.

Chateau Lussan, the scenes Stefan is in the tower I am sure these interior shots are already Duncan castle Uzes,

The climbing (out of the tower) is Castle Lussan. Lussan is not far from Uzes and stands in the fields.

Duncan castle in Uzes is build in with other buildings nowadays, they made shots in angles you can't see the buildings around.

Though Duncan castle stands in the city of Uzes, it's not less impressive. But castle Lussan has huge towers and a nice open field they needed for the field scenes.

The fact is that the stuntman did visit the inside of Castle Lussan to climb down from the window, but the tower was probably not beautiful enough inside to make recordings.

Switch to Ducal castle in city Uzes. Good shots! It's like the castle stands alone. See more pictures of it below on this page

Two castles nearby. Left the one in Crossbow and right one with bigger towers out of the town.

Entering Lussan you pass a real ancient blacksmith with his shop. It's a peaceful small village laying on a hill. It has around 400 inhabitats and is in Gard.

Above Lussan and below Duche Uzes. Right and middle below: the hedera plants and castle wall of Duche Uzes

Scenes episode 41 Promised land, Duncan Castle Uzes Recognize is the wall structure

Below again Duncan Castle Uzes (same spot as above) but now for episode 39 Masterplan. Perfectly filmed from a good angle so the rest of the town is not visible.

The stairs to the tower are extremely steep and short, your feet don't fit on the stairs and it's clear to me the people were a bit smaller during the middle ages.

The tower is high and there is not much space left. It feels a kind of claustrophobic.

On top the view is wonderful. You've got an amazing view all over Uzes! Next to the beautiful tour Fenestrelle.