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Castle Attractions In Bourgogne-Franche-Comte

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Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is a region of France created by the territorial reform of French Regions in 2014, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The new region came into existence on 1 January 2016, after the regional elections of December 2015, electing 100 members to the regional council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.The region covers an area of 47,784 km2 , and has a population of 2,816,814.
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Castle Attractions In Bourgogne-Franche-Comte

  • 1. Chateau de Chasselas Chasselas
    Glérolles Castle is situated in the municipality of Saint-Saphorin, canton of Vaud, Switzerland, on the northern shore of Lake Geneva. Its earliest elements date from a fortress built around 1150. The modern building serves as the headquarters for a vineyard of the same name, and as a venue which can be hired to host social events. It is a Swiss Cultural Property of Regional Significance.
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  • 3. Chateau de Chastellux Avallon
    Château de Chastellux is a French castle with elements from the eleventh, thirteenth, fifteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is located in Chastellux-sur-Cure in the Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. This castle is still inhabited by the family who built it, a rarity in France. The oldest existing part of the building, the Saint-Jean tower, was built c. 1080 AD. The main building was the first part to be registered as a monument historique in 1925. The Saint-Jean tower and the surrounding buildings were later classified in 1976 and 1989, respectively.
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  • 4. Chateau de Bazoches Bazoches
    The Château de Bazoches is a château in the Burgundy region of France.It is located at Bazoches, 84km from Autun in Burgundy. The mediaeval château] has a trapezoidal layout, four towers and a keep surrounding an inner courtyard.The castle was built by Jean de Bazoches in 1180, on the site of an old Roman post. It has had twenty owners since, including from 1675 the Bazoches, Chastellux, Montmorillon and la Perrière families.Today it is private property, and classified as a listed Historic building.
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  • 6. Palais Ducal Nevers
    The Ducal Palace of Nevers is a residence castle of the 15th and 16th centuries of the counts and dukes of Nevers. It is classified as a French monument historique in the list of historic monuments of 1840.
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  • 7. Chateau d'Ornans Ornans
    Montrond-le-Château is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
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  • 8. Chateau de Belvoir Belvoir
    A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages by predominantly 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 residence of a lord or noble. This is distinct from a palace, which is not fortified; from a fortress, which was not always a residence for royalty or nobility; and from a fortified settlement, which was a public defence – though there are many similarities among these types of construction. Usage of the term has varied over time and has been applied to structures as diverse as hill forts and country houses. Over the approximately 900 years that castles were built, they took on a great many forms with many different features, although some, such as curtain w...
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  • 9. Chateau de Champlitte Champlitte
    Haut-du-Them-Château-Lambert is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
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  • 10. Tour des Ursulines Autun
    The Tours amphitheater is a Roman amphitheatre located in the historic city center of Tours, France, immediately behind the well known Tours cathedral. It was built in the 1st century when the city was called Caesarodunum. It was built atop a small hill on the outskirts of the ancient urban area, making it safe from floods, convenient for crowds and visitors, and demonstrating the power of the city from a distance. The structure was an enormous, elliptical structure approximately 122 meters by 94 meters. According to its design it is classified as a primitive amphitheatre. Unlike the famous Colosseum that was made mostly of masonry and built above-ground, the Tours amphitheatre was made mostly of earth and created by moving soil and rock into a bowl shape. Spectators likely sat directly on...
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  • 11. Chateau de Cleron Cleron
    The Château de Cléron is a 14th-century castle in the commune of Cléron, 25 km south of Besançon, in the Doubs département of France.
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  • 12. Chateau de Chamirey Mercurey
    Château de Chamirey is a wine producer in the town of Mercurey, in Burgundy, France that produces white and red wine. They are best known for their Monopole wines, the Les Ruelles 1er cru red and the La Mission 1er cru white. The estate holds 37.7 hectares in Mercurey. 8.55 hectares of the estate's holdings are premier cru, of which 3.3 hectares are monopole vineyards
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  • 13. Berze le Chatel Cluny
    Berzé-le-Châtel is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne in eastern France. The trouvère Hugues IV de Berzé was the ruler of Berzé-le-Châtel in the early 13th century. It is said that the Berzé-le-Châtel's basement extends 1000 feet into the ground.
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  • 14. Chateau de la Verrerie Le Creusot
    The Château de la Verrerie is a château in Le Creusot, Saône-et-Loire, France.
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  • 15. Chateau de Dree Curbigny
    The Château de Drée is a historic château in Curbigny, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. It was built in the 17th century. It has been listed as an official historical monument by the French Ministry of Culture since 1959.
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