Castle of Beaulieu

Castle located on the commune of Varennes-the-Mâcon in Saône-et-Loire.

Description

Construction

  • principal Body of rectangular plan, flanked at its tips of two wings

Statute

  • private property
  • does not visit

History

  • 15th century ................ ground belonging to the family of Chaintré
  • beginning 16th century ...... passes to Philippe Margot , middle-class man of Mâcon
  • 1662 ....................... after being last in multiple hands, the good is sold with Jacques Ray , prosecutor with the baillage which made there build in 4 years a castle
  • 1686 ....................... ruined in this operation, Jacques Ray is deprived of the field in favor of Claude Bessac, lord of Varennes
  • 1696 ....................... the Mathurin de Fontainebleau , legatees of Claude Bessac, remain owners during close to one about it century
  • 1791 ....................... the good is allocated to Adam-Philibert d' Origny-Dampierre
  • towards 1812 ................ filling of the ditches, last vestiges of the strong house primitive
  • towards 1885 ................ acquisition by the count Marc de Maubou
  • 19th century ............... various restorations

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