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Le château en bref
The Château d'Agey, set in a small valley below the village between the hills of Montfeuson, Mont Rond and Veluzotte, on the banks of the Sirène stream, dates mainly from the 16th and 17th centuries, although a fortress is recorded there as early as 1451-1454. Around the turn of the 16th century, Antoine Gros had a building erected adjoining the watchtower, which Zacharie Chappellain rebuilt in the first half of the same century. Marie-Gabrielle de Pons de Rennepont later laid out elegant gardens there in place of former marshes, as well as a natural history cabinet renowned throughout the kingdom, visited by the academician Jean-Étienne Guettard and fitted with octagonal tiling in Burgundy marbles. Not open to visitors, the château has since 1989 belonged to four owners who share different parts of the building; its archives (1450-Year XIII) are kept at the Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or.