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Le château en bref
The Château de Venarey-les-Laumes, in the Côte-d'Or, is a former fortified house bordered by the Oze. In 1324, Étienne, lord of Les Laumes, acknowledged that his fortified house was "jurable et rendable" to the duke. The property passed to Jean de Mandelot in 1451, then to Charles de Montsaulin in 1664. Major alterations after 1735 gave it its present appearance. The rectangular main building, supported by a retaining wall on the west, is extended to the south by a low wing housing three rib-vaulted rooms. Floodable moats on the west and south, crossed by a bridge on the west side, and a courtyard closed by a gateway flanked by gunports complete the defensive arrangement. A volunteer restoration project was organised there in August 2013.