Château de Châtillon-en-Bazois

En un regard

Le château en bref

On a rocky spur between the Aron and the Nivernais Canal, the Château de Châtillon-en-Bazois occupies a site inhabited since around the year 900. Elements from the 13th century – a defensive tower, a cellar and underground passages – survive beneath the present building, which was largely constructed in the last quarter of the 15th century and then remodelled in the 19th century in the troubadour style. The lords of Châtillon held the castle until 1370; it then passed to the Rochefort, Chanpdiou, Pontailler, and Béthune-Chabris families and, from 1735, to the Pracomtal family. Privately owned since 1972, the château has been partially listed as a monument historique since 24 October 1989: the façades and roofs of the château, outbuildings and circular tower, the spiral staircase, the vaulted cellar, the terraces, retaining walls and garden. This garden, laid out in terraces above the river and designed in the 19th century by the landscape designer Paul de Lavenne de Choulot, has been awarded the “Jardin remarquable” label.