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Le château en bref
The Château de Rochefort, in Asnières-en-Montagne (Côte-d'Or), is mentioned as early as 1196 under the name 'Rupes Fortis'. Demolished on the orders of John the Fearless, it was rebuilt at the end of the 15th century by Jacques Coitier, physician and chamberlain to Louis XI, as a noble residence in a Renaissance military style (polygonal towers, cannon towers, fireplaces, Renaissance windows). The Rochefort family added western extensions and a chapel from 1501 onwards. In the 17th century, the Languet family built the entrance building, the upper terrace and the retaining wall, converting the defensive structures to agricultural use. In 1806, the La Guiche family partially demolished the building to salvage its roofing and floors; the seigneurial residence thus remained without roof or floors for more than two centuries. In 2017, the association Les Clefs de Rochefort (founded in 2002, a member of the Union REMPART) bought the château for a symbolic one euro and undertook its preservation, supported in particular by the Loto du Patrimoine in 2018; the entrance building was restored between 2018 and 2020, and the outbuildings received a timber roof frame and temporary roofing in 2022.
