Vault-de-Lugny Castle

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Vault-de-Lugny Castle

The Castle Vault-de-Lugny is a moated castle in the south of the French community Vault-de-Lugny about 3.5 kilometers west of Avallon in the region of Burgundy .

history

Archaeological research has shown that the site of the current castle was already settled by the Gauls . However, the roots of today's facility only go back to the year 1120.

At a ford of the Cousin River , the Jocelin d'Arcy family built a first, simple fortification during the 13th century, which was protected on one side by the river and surrounded on the other by wide and deep moats . A curtain wall that still partially surrounds the palace area provided additional protection .

The castle came to the de Toucy family around 1300, who remained owners until the middle of the 15th century. She built the multi-storey residential tower that still exists today. The facility at that time was almost completely destroyed during the Hundred Years War . In 1446 the seigneurie, including the castle, was bought by Guy de Jaucourt, whose family had the current palace built during the 16th century.

With absolutism came the decline of the castle as a defense and control post in the Morvan . From then on it served as a castle-like summer residence for local noble families . Parts of the walls have been laid down and at their location a 15  hectares extensive landscaped garden created with old trees today.

After the French Revolution , the complex fell into disrepair. The former donjon has been under monument protection as Monument historique since March 1971 .

Since 1986, after extensive restoration, a luxurious hotel has been housed in the castle, which is part of the association of the French group "Châteaux & Hôtels de France".

literature

  • Marie and Guillaume de Castet: Séjours aux châteaux. Demeures prestigieuses pour des séjours de rêve . Gremese, Rome 2005, ISBN 978-88-7301-643-4 , p. 71 ( online ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Séjours aux châteaux , p. 71.
  2. ^ Léo Hamon: Un siècle et demi d'histoire protestante. Théodore de Bèze et les protestants sujets du roi . Éditions de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris 1989, ISBN 2-7351-0318-8 , p. 75 ( online ).
  3. Klaus Simon: Burgundy . 2nd Edition. DuMont Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2007, ISBN 3-7701-5929-2 , p. 140 ( online ).
  4. ^ Entry of the castle in the Base Mérimee , accessed on November 15, 2010.

Coordinates: 47 ° 29 ′ 45 ″  N , 3 ° 51 ′ 19 ″  E