Full of symbolic references to the Bearn: a crown to commemorate the birthplace of a Swedish king as well as a French King, Edelweiss, a flower synonymous with Spring in the Pyrenees and a symbol of purity and innocence, the hand so often seen as a brass knocker on the doors of Béarnaise houses and a Turtledove, the namesake of the chateau’s barn La Grange aux Tourterelles, almost never without at least one to adorn its roof.
