Château de Rosières

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The Château de Rosières, in Saint-Seine-sur-Vingeanne (Côte-d'Or), is mentioned as early as 1294 under Renaud de Saint-Seine; in 1321, Pierre de Saint-Seine held there 'sa maison séante en la ville de Saint-Seine-le-Recept-sur-Vingeanne' (his house standing in the town of Saint-Seine-le-Recept-sur-Vingeanne), with extensive lands and water rights. Referred to as the 'maison forte de Rosières' (fortified house of Rosières) in 1474, it served as a garrison during the invasion led by Gallas in 1637, alongside the castles of Talmay and Fontaine-Française. Seized from the émigré Legouz during the Revolution, it was partially demolished under the decrees of 1795 targeting feudal fortifications. Arranged around a horseshoe-shaped courtyard, the ensemble comprises a gate tower with a barrel-vaulted passage; a main keep measuring about 13 x 22 metres at the base and 19 metres high (vaulted cellar, ground floor, two full storeys and a machicolated firing level); a circular 15th-century curtain-wall tower, partially rebuilt in the 19th century; and a Renaissance gallery with staircases of the period. Registered (inscrit) in 1927 and then partially listed (classé) in 1930, the château, which has a pavilion with 17th-century frescoes, is today run as guest rooms (chambres d'hôtes: eight people, two bedrooms and an apartment) and offers self-guided visits (€5), an escape game and treasure hunts; it is open every day from May to September and during the school holidays.