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Le château en bref
The Château d'Ouges, in the Côte-d'Or, originates in a fief held in 1269 by the knight Hugues de Malimont under the authority of the Abbey of Cîteaux; in 1304, Simonin de Mailly acknowledged holding lands there under ducal authority. The site declined in the 15th century: in 1457 the inhabitants owed labour dues for the fortification of the neighbouring château of Rouvres, and in 1469 there remained 'neither fair, nor market, nor fortress'. The 1812 cadastral plan shows the two corner turrets and the symmetrical layout visible today, the result of a 19th-century remodelling rather than of the original construction. U-shaped in plan, with outbuildings (a rectangular building and a square dovecote along the street), the château is today rented to private tenants through the Agence nationale de l'habitat; only the exteriors can be seen.