Château de Balleure
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The Château de Balleure is a castle
in the commune
of Étrigny
in the Saône-et-Loire
département of France.
The castle is private property and not open to visitors. It was added to the supplementary inventory of monuments historiques
by the French Ministry of Culture in December 1941.
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...
in the commune
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
of Étrigny
Étrigny
Étrigny is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne in eastern France.It is about south of Chalon-sur-Saône and north of Lyon.-Population:-References:*...
in the Saône-et-Loire
Saône-et-Loire
Saône-et-Loire is a French department, named after the Saône and the Loire rivers between which it lies.-History:When it was formed during the French Revolution, as of March 4, 1790 in fulfillment of the law of December 22, 1789, the new department combined parts of the provinces of southern...
département of France.
Description
The castle has a rectangular plan confined by circular towers. To the east is a rectangular residential building; to the north a gatehouse tower, a large square tower and a second square tower of lesser dimensions; to the west a high residential building flanked by a staircase tower.History
- Middle of the 13th century : the land belonged to the Sauvement family.
- 1340 : Henri de Sauvement obtained authorisation from the Duke of Burgundy to surround his house with walls and moats.
- 14th century : the castle passed into the possession of Rabutin d'Epiry.
- Beginning of 15th century : change of ownership to the house of Saint-Julien.
- 1519 : birth in the castle of Pierre de Saint-Julien de BalleurePierre de Saint-Julien de BalleurePierre de Saint-Julien de Balleure, born in 1519 at the Château de Balleure , died in 1593, was a famous Burgundian historian of the Renaissance period....
, historian. - 1613 : passed to Charles de Naturel and stayed in his family until the French RevolutionFrench RevolutionThe French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
. - 1767 : François-Emmanuel de Naturel undertook a partial restoration.
- 19th century : shared among several owners.
The castle is private property and not open to visitors. It was added to the supplementary inventory of monuments historiques
Monument historique
A monument historique is a National Heritage Site of France. It also refers to a state procedure in France by which national heritage protection is extended to a building or a specific part of a building, a collection of buildings, or gardens, bridges, and other structures, because of their...
by the French Ministry of Culture in December 1941.