http://articles.petravillas.com en-us info@petravillas.com By Zoe Dare HallWhen Julia Bristow went to southern France four years ago to buy a holiday home, she had in mind a small stone cottage with shutters, somewhere that she and her husband, Geoff, would let out in summer and live in for the rest of the year.Then they saw Château Ventenac, an imposing four-storey 19th-century castle overlooking the Canal du Midi in the Languedoc. "It was Friday afternoon, just before we were flying home, and the estate agent only had a photo of its vast padlocked iro http://articles.petravillas.com/property-in-france-the-queen-of-the-castle_20.html 13-11-2008