THE ROAD OF CASTLES

71360 Sully
«The most beautiful yard of castle of the realm «historic castle of Mac Mahon, descendants of Dukes de Burgundy. Home town of the Marshal de Mac Mahon, 1-st Duke of Magenta, President of the French Republic ( 1873-1879 ). The greatest Renaissance castle the in Burgundy of the South. Inhabited by Duchess of Magenta and her children. Remarkable stone stair of 18-th century. English Park, moats, kitchen garden, boutique, tasting of the wines of the familial domain in Chassagne-Montrachet. Beaune 30 minutes, Autun 15 minutes.

71670 St-Pierre de Varennes XI-XIV-XVIIe
Built on a gallo - Romanic camp, Brandon, until the defence of the Duchy of Burgundy. Model of military construction, high course and closed bottom, covered way of XII-th century. Main building modified under Louis XIII when the fortified town was fitted out as a place of residence in the XVII-th century. Dining room, Salon, Hallway, great office.
Exhibition on the heraldry. Brandon is a domestic house inhabited all year long. Magnificent panorama.

71490 Couches
Always impressive on this rocky spur, the castle was set up in the X-th century and was going to become an impressive fortress in the XII-th century. Majestic donjon, the tower of prisons, the drawbridge, the wide surrounding walls, the underground passages, give evidence of its feudal and warlike past. In the XIII-th century, Marguerite de Burgundy, Queen of France, granddaughter of St - Louis, would have lived there the last years of her life. Chapel of XV-th century built by the last Lord of Couches, Claude de Montaigu.

71150 Rully
Medieval fortress built since the square donjon of XII-th century, the castle presents interesting military architecture: covered way, crenulations, arches ...the main buildings are from the Renaissance. The arched kitchen of the donjon possesses a monumental fireplace and an important copper kitchenware. The outbuildings of XVIII-th century have the greatest stony roof in Burgundy. Planted in the heart of a wine domain, the castle belongs to the same family since the origin
71150 Demigny
Historic private house, the former hunting meeting of the Marquees de Foudras famous author of hunting novels. The castle, rebuilt after the revolution, possesses a beautiful stair and salons Board of directors offering a sight panorama on the wines coast. Important railing of honour of XVIII-th century. In outbuildings a juicer dates of 1777. Foudras Museum: the hunting in Burgundy in XVIII-th and XIX-th centuries.

71640 Mellecey XIIe -XIVe
House of entertainment of the Dukes de Burgundy built by Philippe the fearless and Marguerite de Flanders with the cooperation of the artists of the Burgundian school. Tours and close of entry, main building in three levels, skeletons in opposite vessel, guardroom under intersections of the ribs, superimposed chapels, oratory, heraldry frescoes , collection of pavements. An accessible park for the guests surrounds this building which constitutes the still existing castle of Dukes in France.

71240 Saint-Ambreuil XVIIIe
St - Etienne's ( 1113 ) first foundation, the ferté was one of most important Cistercians abbeys. The church disappeared but the magnificent abbatial palace remains intact. The internal decoration evokes magnificently the art of living in the XVIII-th century. Very vast stair, salons with sculptured woodwork, tapestries, pictures and furniture of origin. Gallery with numerous scientific objects XIX-th century. Park in the English way.

71460 Cormatin
The Most luxurious apartment Louis XIII preserved in France (1628). Woodwork, fireplaces and richly painted, sculptured and gold-coloured ceilings. Furniture and tapestries. Vast stony stair (1623), picturesque kitchen and decorated salon in 1900 for a director of opera. Park of 12ha, flowery flowerbeds, great labyrinth of box tree, ancient garden, open-air theatre.

71140 Saint Aubin-sur Loire
Castle built between 1771 and 1777 on Edme Verniquet's plans for the president of Aix's parliament, bursar of Provence. Holy Aubin is a classic stone fair built building, surrounded on each side by immense bricks outbuildings in set square drilled of a colossal arc. The Castle, outbuildings and the park, classified ancient memorial make, since four years, the object of campaigns of restoration.

71700 Martailly-les –Brancion IXe – XIIe - XVe
Between Cluny and Tournus, in the heart of circuit of Romanic churches and of vineyards of Mâconnais, Châtellenie Ducale then Royal X-th - XII-th - XV-th century, the most important fortified town of the South Burgundy, famous by its history, Church of the XII-th century, you will also appreciate its inn of XV-th century and the medieval authenticity of its houses.

71430 Palinges XVIIIe
THE PEARL OF the CHAROLLAIS
In a style of the purest XVIII-th, with its small Italian theatre with the decorations of that time decorated with an English park and its lakes, a French garden and its very beautiful greenhouse, Digoine's castle allows you to spend a pleasant moment in a charming frame.

71800 Curbigny XVIIe XVIIIe
A jewel in Burgundy of the South, Drée's castle, Property of Mr&Mrs Prouvost, gives evidence by its gardens and its furniture of the art of living in the XVIII-th century. Visit its rabble salon, its Louis XVI salon as well as numerous rooms of splendour highlighted by the furniture and objects of art of XVIII-th century. Also discover more functional places such as the great kitchen, the icebox, the lingerie, the butchery … Walk in garden, rich in a rose garden and in vast terraces in the French way stocked with box tree and with statues.

71960 Berzé le Chatel Xe – XIIIe - XVe
Important fortress of the X-th - XII-th - XV-th century with its towers dominating the valley of Lamartine berzé preserves in its three surrounding walls a set of medieval rooms: Carolingian chapel, staff room. It is decorated with terrace garden.

71960 Milly-Lamartine XVIIIe
This House was built by the great-great-grandfather of Lamartine, in the centre of a vast wine domain in 1705, established in XVIII-th century. Lamartine spent there a simple, domestic and happy childhood. He inherited it in 1830 and had to resign, in 1860, to sell the house which inspired him some of his most beautiful poems, of which «Milly or the native land «and " The vineyard and the house ". This property, which is always a wine domain, belongs to the Sornay family since 1861.

71520 Saint-Point
Defence of Cluny's abbey in the XII-th century, this castle, Alphonse de Lamartine's house in 1820, was reshaped by the poet and his wife Mary Ann Birch in the English néogothic style. Very beautiful English park. Near, the funeral chapel of the Lamartine's and the Romanic church of XII-th century. From 1802, the castle belongs to the family of Lamartine and its great-nephews are its current owners.

71960 Pierreclos XIIe – XVe - XVIe XVIIIe
Dear Place to LAMARTINE, source of inspiration of his works Jocelyn. Placed in a classified site, a magnificent Romanic church, a kitchens of the middle - age, a bakery with common oven, a stair with spiral staircase, unique in France, rooms of the XVII-th XVIII-th century, salons of receptions, staff room, museum of the vineyard and wine. Terrace garden with panoramic sight. Property of the Pidault family, in services of the vineyard and wine since five generations. Magnificent Romanic cellars of XII-th century.
01480 Fareins XVIIe
Raised of a jet and kept intact, the greatest castle of the XVII-th in the region of Lyons. Unique set of rooms painted in fresco (Pietro Ricchi on 1632) in France: Hunting, landscapes, architectures, works of Hercules, military parade. A vision of Italy on the edges of the Saône! Stone fire places sculptured in theXVII-th, apartment Louis XV with woodwork, silk trades and furniture. Ancient Kitchen. Vast Park of 40 hectares. At 6 km from Villefranche-sur-Saône, left bank of the Saône, on the D 933, between Beauregard and Messimy.