Hôtel de Boyer de Sorgues, Private mansion in Béziers, France

Hôtel de Boyer de Sorgues, also known as hôtel de Cassagnes, is a private mansion in Béziers, France. Its stone courtyard facade forms an L shape around the viewer, with a taller central section, an arched doorway with a dark wooden door, and a tall arched window with grey shutters above.

The mansion dates from the 15th century, and its style places it before 1553. Between 1526 and 1550, Monsieur de Sorgues bought the neighboring houses to form the large residence, keeping the main entrance with its turret.

The carved stone doorway on rue Mayran shows how wealthy families once marked their presence in the city. Today, the courtyard, with its well and spiral stair turret, remains a hidden corner that passersby can only glimpse through the entrance.

The mansion sits on rue Mayran, a narrow street in the old center, so it is best reached on foot. Visitors can view the street portal and the courtyard from the public way, but the interior is private and not open for tours.

The spiral stair turret is said to be where Laudun, lieutenant of the vicomte de Joyeuse, was killed in October 1561 during the Wars of Religion. The turret has lost at least two floors of its original height, so it now stands lower than it once did.