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Château de Mimeure, in the Côte-d'Or, is first mentioned in 1088 under the lordship of Hilduin. A stronghold under Geoffroi de Thoisy in 1451, it was demolished in 1478 on the orders of Louis XI as punishment for the support given to Mary of Burgundy by Hugues de Thoisy, bailiff of Auxois, and was then rebuilt with five towers, moats and a drawbridge. In 1794 the revolutionary authorities considered demolishing several towers, with the remaining buildings possibly to be used to house farmers. Laid out around a polygonal courtyard of about 45 x 60 metres, the castle retains a square granite tower on the south side, decorated in the 17th century but still fitted with medieval bretèche corbels, as well as a wide moat 13 to 16 metres across, partly filled with water on the west side. It is privately owned and not open to visitors.