- Château Malromé
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Château of Malromé 
Le château MalroméGeneral information Coordinates 44°36′09″N 0°12′48″W / 44.6025°N 0.213333°W The Château Malromé is found in the commune Saint-André-du-Bois, in the French department of Gironde. It was the family seat of the painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
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Vineyard
The vineyard of Malromé, which covers a surface area of around forty hectares, is situated in the 'coteaux argilo-graveleux'. It's soil has been renowned over the centuries.
History
The Countess Adèle de Toulouse-Lautrec in her salon at the château Malromé, in 1887
The first traces of the chateau and it's vineyard were seen around the 16th century, with the construction of "a noble house of taste" by Étienne de Rostéguy de Lancre, a member of parliamanet for Bordeaux.
Towards 1780, the chateau was given to Catherine de Forcade, the widow of the baron of Malromé, who renamed the chateau under the name of her spouse.
In 1847, the chateau was handed over to Adolphe de Forcade Laroquette, the president of the Council of States under Napoléon III, and his half brother, the marshal Armand Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnau, a governor of Paris and the Minister of War. It was these two men who had the chateau restored.
In 1883, the Countess Adèle de Toulouse-Lautrec acquired the building, attracted by its proximity to Verdelais, a nearby shrine and place of pilgrimage.
Her son, Henri often visited Malromé. It was at Malromé that he spent his final days, dying here on 9 September 1901.[1]
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