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Le château en bref
The Château d'Ancy-le-Franc (1538–1546), in the commune of Ancy-le-Franc in the Yonne department of Burgundy, is the work of the Italian architect Sebastiano Serlio, built for Antoine III de Clermont-Tonnerre (1498–1578), brother-in-law of Diane de Poitiers.
Marking a genuine stylistic turning point, the building is one of the first achievements of the Second French Renaissance (1540 to 1559/1564), heralding not only the arrival of "modular architecture" in the elevation of façades but also a move towards classicism in France.
The château, together with its outbuildings, park pavilion, moats, formal park and boundary wall, has been listed as a historic monument, a protection granted on 8 March 1983 and confirmed on 26 September 2003.