Château de Jours-lès-Baigneux

En un regard

Le château en bref

The Château de Jours-lès-Baigneux, in the Côte-d'Or, succeeds a medieval fortress belonging to the Brancion family, sold in 1259 to Duke Hugh IV of Burgundy. Rebuilt as a Renaissance residence between 1542 and 1566 by Claude d'Anglure and his wife Isabeau de Joyeuse, it retains from this campaign a round corner tower known as the 'tour Joyeuse', topped with an imperial roof, as well as a south-west façade with pilasters and arcades inspired by the Italian architect Sebastiano Serlio. Dismantled around 1743, it then passed to the Legrand and Dumonchet families and later to Charles-Antoine de Clugny, who emigrated during the Revolution; sold as national property, it was bought around 1820 by Pierre Quirot de Corbeton and Anne-Marie de Ganay, then in 1967 by Mr Schein, who continued its restoration. Classified as a Monument historique in 1964, the château remains a private property that is not open to visitors.