- Château de Balleure
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The Château de Balleure is a castle in the commune of Étrigny in the Saône-et-Loire département of France.
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Description
The castle has a rectangular plan confined by circular towers. To the east is a rectangular residential building; to the north a gatehouse tower, a large square tower and a second square tower of lesser dimensions; to the west a high residential building flanked by a staircase tower.
History
- Middle of the 13th century : the land belonged to the Sauvement family.
- 1340 : Henri de Sauvement obtained authorisation from the Duke of Burgundy to surround his house with walls and moats.
- 14th century : the castle passed into the possession of Rabutin d'Epiry.
- Beginning of 15th century : change of ownership to the house of Saint-Julien.
- 1519 : birth in the castle of Pierre de Saint-Julien de Balleure, historian.
- 1613 : passed to Charles de Naturel and stayed in his family until the French Revolution.
- 1767 : François-Emmanuel de Naturel undertook a partial restoration.
- 19th century : shared among several owners.
Château de Balleure
The castle is private property and not open to visitors. It was added to the supplementary inventory of monuments historiques by the French Ministry of Culture in December 1941.[1]
See also
Bibliography
- VIGNIER Françoise (Ed) : Le Guide des Châteaux de France, 71 Saône-et-Loire, Editions Hermé, Paris, 1985.
External links
References and sources
- ^ French Ministry of Culture Château de Balleure
- www.culture.gouv.fr (French)
- This article incorporates information from this version of the equivalent article on the French Wikipedia.
Coordinates: 46°34′42″N 4°48′03″E / 46.57833°N 4.80083°E
Categories:- Saône-et-Loire
- Official historical monuments of France
- French castle stubs
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