Domecy-sur-Cure castle

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View of the Domecy-sur-Cure castle from the west

The castle Domecy-sur-Cure ( French Château de Domecy-sur-Cure ) is a French castle complex in Domecy-sur-Cure around twelve kilometers southwest of Avallon in the Yonne department . It emerged from a permanent house of the 12th century, which was rebuilt and made more homely by the de Loron family after damage in the French wars of religion . After various changes of ownership, the castle came to a lawyer from Avallon in the 19th century, who had it repaired in its current form.

The facility is privately owned and cannot be visited. It stands since 3 March 1989 as inscribed monument historique partially under monument protection .

history

Domecy-sur-Cure castle before the changes in the mid-19th century

A permanent house already existed in Domecy in the 12th century. It was one of many fortified structures on the border between the Duchy of Burgundy and the County of Nevers , separated by the River Cure . The house was initially owned by a family called "de Domecy" and was replaced by the du Bouchet family and then the de la Tournelle family in the 13th century. Then it came to the de Saint-Aubin family together with the Seigneurie Domecy. Until the 13th century, this permanent house was a square building with a flat roof, battlements and four round towers at the corners. To protect it, it was surrounded by dry trenches. Jean de Saint-Aubin, chamberlain at the Burgundian court, had the house altered at the beginning of the 14th century and thus laid the foundation for today's lodging of the complex. In the first half of the 15th century, the square building was extended to the north and south to a rectangular building and equipped with a hipped roof .

In the 15th century the property came to the de Chassaing family, whose heir, Odette, married Jacques de Loron in 1488 and gave him the castle and rule. The couple's descendants switched from Catholicism to Protestantism and took an active part in the looting of Catholic church property during the French Huguenot Wars . In return, their castle in Domecy was captured by Catholic troops and some of them were sacked. It was the job of Lazare de Lorons and his son Jacques to repair the war damage. They not only repaired the complex, but also changed it into a palace in the style of the French Renaissance . The Logis was given a less defensive appearance and more living comfort, for example by installing large windows in the east facade.

The castle at the beginning of the 20th century; on the right the round pigeon tower

Also by marriage, the castle passed into the possession of the de Jaucourt family in 1625, when Anne de Loron brought it as a dowry to her marriage to Elie de Jaucourt. Her granddaughter Pauline Catherine Françoise married Laurent Gabriel de Montrichard de Vismal, Seigneur de Fontenay-en-Comté , in 1721 , and brought the plant into their marriage. In the same year it was sold to a Mr Sarrasin, whose daughter Bernarde Judith married Nouviau de Chennevières in 1748 and took it to her husband's family. This sold the property in 1762 to Marie Angélique Catherine Darlus, whose husband Denis François Angran dʼAlleray already owned the neighboring castle of Bazoches . He was the last noble lord of Domecy and was executed during the French Revolution in 1794. In the same year, all of his goods - including Domecy-sur-Cure Castle - were confiscated and sold as national property.

In this way the castle came to the Marion family and from them to Jeanne Houdaille. Domecy had to sell their son to the banker N. Didier from Avallon in 1816 because of over-indebtedness. He passed it on to his nephew Antoine Gontard in 1844. He had the system changed and repaired, giving it its current appearance. She sold his heirs to Jules and Antonin Houdaille in 1884, who bequeathed the property to Anna Driot in 1905. The castle came to Elisabeth Boisselet through her niece Germaine. Today it belongs to Pierre de Féraudy and his wife.

description

The system consists of a Logis and east of it situated outer bailey . There is also a round pigeon tower with a conical roof and a total of 1092 nesting holes.

South wing of the outer bailey with the gate tower

The three-winged outer bailey has a horseshoe shape, which is open to the lodge on the west side. The farm buildings enclose a courtyard measuring around 28 × 41 meters. In the 18th century, a wine press , a bakery , a chapel and various buildings used for agriculture belonged to the economic area. A gate tower with a pyramid roof and arched gate in the south wing of the outer bailey allows access to the courtyard. Its upper floor was previously used as a dovecote.

The stately lodging is to the west of the outer bailey. It is a rectangular building with three storeys, the northern corners of which are marked by round towers with a conical roof. Two more round towers are in front of its east and west side. While the roofs of the western towers have a slate roof , the eastern towers are covered with red roof tiles. The latter were also used on the hipped roof of the house. Preserved console stones under the eaves on the long sides testify to the former, medieval battlement at this point and the former strength of the building. The surviving loopholes in the old round towers more defensive elements of solid house are preserved.

Inside there is still equipment from the Renaissance period with the fireplace in the large salon . However, most of the interior design dates from the 19th century when Antoine Gontard was lord of the castle; for example the castle chapel , which is strongly influenced by the style of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc .

literature

  • Pierre de Féraudy: La maison forte de Domecy-sur-Cure au cours des siècles. In: LʼEcho du Beurleuia. Le Journal de la Communce de Domecy sur Cure. No. 12, January 2014, pp. 9–11 ( PDF ; 2.6 MB).
  • Claude Hohl: Domecy-sur-Cure. In: Françoise Vignier (ed.): Le Guide des châteaux de France. Yonne. Hermé, Paris 1986, ISBN 2-86665-028-X , pp. 57-58 ( excerpts online ).
  • Abel Moreau: Châteaux de lʼYonne. Nouvelles Éditions Latines, Paris n.d., pp. 26-27.

Web links

Commons : Castle Domecy-sur-Cure  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Entry of the castle in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  2. ↑ Pierre de Féraudy: La maison forte de Domecy-sur-Cure au cours des siècles. 2014, p. 9.
  3. ^ A b Claude Hohl: Domecy-sur-Cure. 1989, p. 57.
  4. ↑ a b c d Pierre de Féraudy: La maison forte de Domecy-sur-Cure au cours des siècles. 2014, p. 10.
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h Pierre de Féraudy: La maison forte de Domecy-sur-Cure au cours des siècles. 2014, p. 11.
  6. ↑ Claude hollow: Domecy-sur-Cure. 1989, p. 58.
  7. ↑ Marc Pautet: La Journée du Patrimoine. In: LʼEcho du Beurleuia. Le Journal de la Communce de Domecy sur Cure. No. 12, January 2014, p. 9.
  8. ↑ Information according to the online cadastral map of Domecy-sur-Cure on geoportail.gouv.fr

Coordinates: 47 ° 24 ′ 40.3 "  N , 3 ° 47 ′ 51.8"  E