The Château de Bucey-en-Othe is a

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in the ''

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Bucey-en-Othe Bucey-en-Othe () is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France. Population Sights and monuments * Château de Bucey-en-Othe: 16th century castle listed since 2005 as a ''monument historique'' by the French Ministry of Culture ...

in the

Aube Aube () is a French department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France. As with sixty departments in France, this department is named after a river: the Aube. With 310,242 inhabitants (2019),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.

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The castle was constructed in the fourth quarter of the 16th century. An earlier castle existed to the east of the church. A 19th century survey described the castle as having moats filled with water,

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s for a

drawbridge A drawbridge or draw-bridge is a type of moveable bridge typically at the entrance to a castle or tower surrounded by a moat. In some forms of English, including American English, the word ''drawbridge'' commonly refers to all types of moveable ...

, towers with

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s and an access to a ''

chemin de ronde A ''chemin de ronde'' ( French, "round path"' or "patrol path"; ), also called an allure, alure or, more prosaically, a wall-walk, is a raised protected walkway behind a castle battlement. In early fortifications, high castle walls were difficu ...

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"Canton d'Estissac"
''Supplément au Répertoire Archéologique du Département de l'Aube'', 1861, Troyes, p 30 . Retrieved 27 December 2018. In square plan, the castle is today partially surrounded by water. Two square towers stand at the extremities. The entrances for people and carriages have been blocked to allow an extension to the ''logis'' in the 18th and 19th centuries have damaged the façade on the courtyard. This tower is surrounded by several buildings, including a

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. This type of manor was common in the

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region from the end of the 16th to the beginning of the 17th century. The façades and the roofs of the buildings (''logis'' and agricultural buildings enclosing the courtyard), as well as the

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 ...

have been listed since 2005 as a ''

monument historique ''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 The Ministry of Culture (french: Ministère de la Culture) is the ministry of the Government of France in charge of national museums and the . Its goal is to maintain the French identity through the promotion and protection of the arts (visual, ...

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* Castles in Grand Est Monuments historiques of Grand Est Buildings and structures in Aube {{France-castle-stub

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