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Le château en bref
Built on the origins of a medieval fort and a chapel dating from 1217, the fort having been destroyed in 1636, the Château d'Arcelot was rebuilt in 1711 by Philibert I Verchère d'Arcelot, who added two pavilions; his grandson had the central section built in 1761 by the architect Thomas Dumorey — the first example of the Neoclassical style in Burgundy — incorporating numerous Greco-Roman elements inspired by the discoveries at Pompeii and Herculaneum (stucco work, trompe-l'œil, a library and an art collection). Around 1800, the 45-hectare park was transformed into a landscape garden by Jean-Marie Morel, with a Chinese pavilion on an islet in the middle of a 7-hectare lake, and an arboretum. A notable figure is Louise-Adélaïde Verchère d'Arcelot who, at the age of 11 during the French Revolution, had to live alone in a room of the north wing and regularly walked to the court to defend the rights of the château. Owned by the Carrelet de Loisy family since 1870, the château offers guided tours from July to September (€6 per adult) and a park open from May to September (€2 per adult); the Orangery can accommodate 110 to 120 people for receptions.