Châteauneuf () or Châteauneuf-en-Auxois is a
commune in the
Côte-d'Or
Côte-d'Or () is a département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of Northeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 534,124. 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 palace, 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 re ...
, which was given in December 1456 by
Philip the Good
Philip III the Good (; ; 31 July 1396 – 15 June 1467) ruled as Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death in 1467. He was a member of a cadet line of the Valois dynasty, to which all 15th-century kings of France belonged. During his reign, ...
to
Philippe Pot
Philippe Pot (1428–1493) was a Duchy of Burgundy, Burgundian nobleman, military leader, and diplomat. He was the ''Lord, seigneur'' of La Rochepot, La Roche and Thorey-sur-Ouche, a Knight of the Golden Fleece, and the Seneschal, Grand Sen ...
, 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
Bourg or Le Bourg may refer to:
Places
France Bourg
* Bourg, Aisne, a former commune in France, now part of Bourg-et-Comin
* Bourg, Bas-Rhin, a former commune in Bas-Rhin, now part of Bourg-Bruche
* Bourg, Gironde, also known as Bourg-sur-Gi ...
'' that surrounds it is a member of the ''
Les Plus Beaux Villages de 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 2024, it numbers 176 member villages (independent Communes of France, ''communes'' or part ...
'' ("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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