Château fort de Saint-Romain

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The Château fort de Saint-Romain, known as the Vieux Château (Old Castle), overlooks the village of Saint-Romain (Côte-d'Or) from a rocky spur offering a vast panorama. A first fortress was built there in the 11th century; Raynal de Saint-Romain was its lord in the 12th century. Duke Robert II of Burgundy, who acquired it on 3 August 1300, had it repaired and enlarged in the 14th century. Régnier Pot became its lord in 1414, and the Pot family, with Philippe Pot and then his descendants, kept it through the 15th and 16th centuries. A castle chapel served as the parish church until population growth in the 15th century required it to be moved. Excavations carried out since the 1970s have uncovered occupation levels dating from the Neolithic (around 4500 BC) to the Middle Ages, with evidence of both wine-growing and military activities. Now in ruins, the site offers a remarkable panorama despite its limited remains; it can be reached on foot from the village or by the D17 road from Beaune.