Château de Vaux-sur-Mer

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Le château en bref

A feudal castle surrounded by moats stood at Vaux-sur-Mer as early as the 12th century; left in poor condition at the end of the 17th century, it was razed to make way for a new château built from 1720 by a wealthy family from Troyes, to plans by the architect Germain Boffrand (Château de Lunéville, Hôtel de Soubise in Paris) commissioned by Jacques d'Aubeterre, Count of Jully – a project so costly that it ruined its patron, who died in 1726 in his unfinished residence. Sold as national property during the Revolution, the château belonged under the Second Empire to Charles-Émile de Maupas, Napoleon III's Minister of Police, before being abandoned before the Second World War. Restored from 1970 by Philippe Vallery-Radot and listed as a historic monument in 1980, it was acquired in 2015 by Edouard Guyot, aged 22, who opened it to the public and continues its renovation. Today it hosts visits, events, a restaurant, and rentals of holiday cottages and seminar rooms.