The Château de Balleure is a
castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...
in the ''
commune'' of
Étrigny
Étrigny () is a commune in the eastern French department of Saône-et-Loire.
It is about south of Chalon-sur-Saône and north of Lyon.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department
The following is a list of the 565 ...
in the
Saône-et-Loire
Saône-et-Loire (; Arpitan: ''Sona-et-Lêre'') is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the rivers Saône and Loire, between which it lies, in the country's central-eastern part.
Saône-et-Loire is Bo ...
''
département
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivity, territorial collectivities"), between the regions of France, admin ...
'' 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 to surround his house with walls and
moat
A moat is a deep, broad ditch, either dry or filled with water, that is dug and surrounds a castle, fortification, building or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence. In some places moats evolved into more extensive ...
s. 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
The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Age ...
, 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'' by the French Ministry of Culture in December 1941.[
]
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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