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The origin of the name Vieux Lazaret dates back to the 18^th century where existed in the center of the village of Châteauneuf-du-Pape a hospice or Lazaret. This offered comfort and shelter for the poor and infirm, provided by the Lazarists, who were a silent order of monks which had been founded in 1625 by St Vincent de Paul to look after the sick and the needy in the French countryside. They took the name Lazarists from the Priory of St Lazare in Paris, where the original order had been formed in 1632.
The Lazarets in Châteauneuf-du-Pape played a major role in taking in and looking after the sick during the terrible epidemic of plague, which killed a third of the population in 1720. Subsequently the buildings fell into disease and were sold by the commune during the 19^th century to the Quiot family and used as agricultural buildings. Being situated in the village of Châteauneuf-du-Pape and close other proprieties owned by the Quiot family, these original buildings have today been extended and modernized, and now from the main center of the agricultural activities of Vignobles Jérôme Quiot.

With this historical association going back over several centuries, the Quiot family decided in 1915 Domaine the name of Domaine du Vieux Lazaret.

The emblem of Domaine du Vieux Lazaret is a listed thirteenth century castle, located in a former strategic place in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, very closed to the Rhône river.

People used to come there to cross the river (when paying a tax). Bought during the French revolution, this castle called "Tour de Lhers" now belongs to Jérôme Quiot and figures on all the labels of Domaine du Vieux Lazaret.