Château de Vellerot

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Le château en bref

The Château de Vellerot, overlooking Saint-Pierre-en-Vaux (Côte-d'Or), is built on the remains of a feudal castle whose earliest known mention, in 1323, concerns the inheritance rights to the fief and fortified house of Vellerot. In 1824, Count Casimir de Villiers La Faye bought the property and carried out major repairs there; the family, steeped in the hunting traditions of the 19th century, probably had the great hunting hall and the clock tower built around 1860. In 1872, the new owner, Henri Belime, added glazed-brick window ornaments to the upper floors. Since 1979, the Association du Renouveau has run a social residence there for people facing physical and psychological difficulties; a public fundraising campaign, supported by the Fondation du patrimoine, is currently financing priority work on the roofing, joinery and waterproofing to improve the residents' living conditions.