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The Château-fort de Mosson, in the Côte-d'Or, is a fortified house (maison forte) attested from the 13th century. In January 1282, Richard, lord of Dampierre, received it as a fief from Gui de Genève, bishop of Langres, for 120 livres tournois. On 3 June 1372, Jean de Saffres, grand dean of Langres, held lands at Mosson from the duke of Burgundy. The rectangular keep, thirteen metres high over three levels, is flanked at its corners by four round turrets slightly taller than the central block. Rectangular windows pierced in the 18th century open the north, south and east façades, while the chimneys occupy the west façade. A lower courtyard (basse-cour) precedes the building, closed to the north by two residential wings framing a gatehouse tower without a drawbridge. A description from 1795 mentions a courtyard planted with 88 lime trees, a north pavilion with side wings, four towers (one of them a stair tower) and outbuildings (kitchen, cellar, stable, carriage house). Privately owned, it is not open to visitors; its monumental fireplace and a commemorative plaque are preserved at the Musée du Pays Châtillonnais.