The village of Montesquiou appears for the first time in a charter of 1045.
Montesquiou is associated with D' Artagnan, born not far from there with the castle from Castelmore at Lupiac. Of its true name Charles de Batz, it belongs to the Famille of Montesquiou by her mother. Montesquiou d' Artagnan are the last to have this Seigneurie.
One of the best known sons is the Dandy 'Robert de Montesquiou' who left his poetic traces in the France Belle Epoque and among other things he inspired Marcel Proust to the fiction character the 'Baron Palamèd de Charlus' .
Today Montesquiou has about 500 habitations. You'll find a small Supermarket, a Butcher, a Pharmacie and Postoffice and also a restaurant (only at midday) with bar, a general practitioner and a very well sorted library.
A choir, a music-school and numerous organizations stimulate the village in the evening hours.
Even Josephine Baker seemed to be very impressed by this region and well primarily by Montesquiou. From 1931 to 1936 she lived in the big house with a giants park, below on the right of our B&B.
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