Châteauneuf () or Châteauneuf-en-Auxois is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Côte-d'Or department in eastern
France
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.
Population
Sights
Châteauneuf is dominated by its
château
A château (; plural: châteaux) is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions.
Now ...
, which was given in December 1456 by
Philip the Good to
Philippe Pot, whose renovations and fortification gave to it the aspect it retains today, with the arms of Pol and his
orders of the Golden Fleece and of
Saint-Michel.
[Jean-Bernard de Vaivre, "Un primitif tiré de l'oubli : le panneau de Philippe Pot de Notre-Dame de Dijon", '' Comptes rendus de l'Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres'' 149.2 (2005:811-858), p. 816 note 12; Vaivre gives a summary biography of Pot, who appears as donor in the recently rediscovered diptych.] The medieval ''
bourg'' that surrounds it is a member of the ''
Les Plus Beaux Villages de France
''Les Plus Beaux Villages de France'' (meaning “the most beautiful villages of France”) is an independent association created in 1982 for the promotion of the tourist appeal of small rural villages with a rich cultural heritage. As of Septem ...
'' ("The most beautiful villages of France") association.
See also
*
Château de Châteauneuf
References
Communes of Côte-d'Or
Plus Beaux Villages de France
Côte-d'Or communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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