La Verdière, the largest private château in Provence, originally built in AD980, is for sale for €18 million. After 15 years of painstaking sympathetic restoration using traditional building methods, including some of the most exquisite 18th century ornamental plasterwork, it has been brought back to its former beauty. Although the castle retains all of its historical charm, it still provides all the modern comforts one expects from a property of this calibre. Boasting over 5000...