Sully Castle

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Sully Castle, in the Saône-et-Loire department, is a large lowland château surrounded by a moat, arranged as four wings around a courtyard and flanked by square corner towers. Begun in the 16th century and completed between 1616 and 1621 according to the Mérimée listing, it was remodelled in the 18th century, when its façade and northern terraces were rebuilt, and then internally in the 19th century. The estate includes outbuildings, a chapel, a farm, a dovecote, a landscaped park laid out around 1890, and boundary walls. Owned by the Mac Mahon family since the 18th century, it is the birthplace, in 1808, of Marshal Patrice de Mac Mahon, future President of the French Republic. The estate is open to visitors and hosts receptions.