The Château de Balleure is a
castle in the ''
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
'' of
Étrigny in the
Saône-et-Loire ''
département
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'' of France.
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.
[VIGNIER Françoise (Ed) : ''Le Guide des Châteaux de France, 71 Saône-et-Loire'', p 82. Editions Hermé, Paris, 1985.]
History
In the middle of the 13th century : the land belonged to the Sauvement family. In 1340, Henri de Sauvement obtained authorisation from the
Duke of Burgundy
Duke of Burgundy (french: duc de Bourgogne) was a title used by the rulers of the Duchy of Burgundy, from its establishment in 843 to its annexation by France in 1477, and later by Holy Roman Emperors and Kings of Spain from the House of Habsburg ...
to surround his house with walls and
moats. In the 14th century, the castle passed into the possession of Rabutin d'Epiry and at the beginning of 15th century to the house of Saint-Julien. The historian,
Pierre de Saint-Julien de Balleure
Pierre de Saint-Julien de Balleure (1519–1593) was a Burgundian historian of the Renaissance period
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, was born in the castle in 1519. In 1613, it passed to Charles de Naturel and stayed in his family until the
French Revolution
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. In 1767, François-Emmanuel de Naturel undertook a partial restoration. During the 19th century, the property was shared among several owners.
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Monument
The castle is private property and not open to visitors. It was added to the supplementary inventory of ''monuments historiques
''Monument historique'' () is a designation given to some national heritage sites in France. It may also refer to the state procedure in France by which National Heritage protection is extended to a building, a specific part of a building, a coll ...
'' by the French Ministry of Culture
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in December 1941.[
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See also
*List of castles in France
This is a list of castles in France, arranged by Region and Department.
;Notes:
# The French word ''château'' has a wider meaning than the English ''castle'': it includes architectural entities that are properly called palaces, mansions or vine ...
References and sources
External links
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Castles in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Saône-et-Loire
Monuments historiques of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
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