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The Château de Buillon, at Chenecey-Buillon in the Doubs, occupies the site of the former Cistercian abbey of Buillon, destroyed during the Revolution. The central section was built at the end of the 16th century, and the right-central section and the south wing in the 18th century. Having first served as the abbot's residence and then, after the Revolution, as that of the ironmaster of Chenecey, it was acquired in 1846 by Marcel Tissot, a cloth merchant from Franche-Comté who had made his fortune in Nantes. His son, the famous painter James Tissot, inherited it and added medieval-inspired features, including a ruined tower at the edge of the property; he died there on 8 August 1902. In the Renaissance style, the building features a semicircular balcony supported by four Doric columns, and a vast park stretching for nearly 2 km along the right bank of the Loue, adorned with kiosks, greenhouses, ponds and aviaries. It is private property and cannot be visited.