Château de Vesvrotte

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Le château en bref

The Château de Vesvrotte, in Beire-le-Châtel (Côte-d'Or), retains an original 12th-century tower, built under a lay lordship held from Guillaume de Vergy, lord of Mirebeau. In 1311, Haymonin de Vesvrotte held the fief from the Abbey of Saint-Bénigne. The Marquis de Tavanne besieged the castle in 1591. François Badoux, royal treasurer, renovated it in 1678; a dovecote was built in 1732 and a chapel at the end of the 18th century. Louis-Édouard de Salvaing de Boissieu acquired the estate in 1832 and had the chapel renovated in 1842. The ensemble comprises a main residence with a slate roof, a three-level polygonal tower, a four-storey rectangular keep, two round towers with turrets, a round dovecote and a former orangery. From 1967 onwards, the unoccupied residence fell into decay, and the carved façade and the park's ornamental pool were destroyed.