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The castle suffered considerable damage during the revolution. Revolutionaries vandalized the castle: all the old medieval weapons were stolen in 1792, the winery was looted and auctioned. On 5 August 1793, the furniture and archives were seized, paintings, priceless, are burned on August 10 at place
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briefly took over the castle with his staff and forced the Earl and
Countess of Chastellux to leave. However, the Earl and Countess of Chastellux return after three months of absence. In 1975: a chimney fire set fire to the roof and attic. The tower of Amboise still bears the traces of
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After nineteen years of exile in Italy, the Earl and
Countess of Chastellux did not return to inhabit the castle at the end of the Empire (1810). Their daughter, Georgine Chastellux became the wife of Charles de la Bédoyère. Charles de la Bédoyère helps Napoleon from his return from the island of
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Hercules, son of Oliver, was elected to the nobility of
Burgundy States in 1618. In 1621, to demonstrate his esteem and gratitude for services rendered and for those of his father, Louis XIII meets the various strongholds in Chastellux. He meets with the lordship of Chastellux, the barony of
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Chastellux on the current site of the castle is an account of a hearing at "the ancient Saint Jean tower in 1116". The hearing was about a property rights dispute between local barons and clergy of the Abbey of Molesme.
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Over the last fifteen years of his life, the
Marshal of Chastellux enlarged the second main building located between the tower of the Archives and the bastion of the tower of Amboise and built the Octagonal Tower and the castle chapel.
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In the 13th century, out of necessity, a larger building was built. The year 1240 was inscribed on stone walls, providing a date of construction of the guard room, which is the second oldest structure (after the tower of Saint-Jean).
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For additional protection, there was a second wall with several smaller towers, two of which still exist today. A ditch joining the two valleys close this second wall is no longer present.
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in 1423. This victory allowed him to receive several honorary privileges, such as the title of first hereditary canon of the
Auxerre Chapter. He is buried in the chapel within the castle.
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This castle is still inhabited by the family who built it, a rarity in France. The oldest existing part of the building, the Saint-Jean tower, was built c. 1080 AD.
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a historic monument on 17 February 1989. The castle and its surroundings are a protected site and a site registered by order of 9 September 1935.
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located at the end of the castle near the Tower of
Amboise, Tower of Amboise was converted into a living quarters at this time. He also built a
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in 1775. He is also known for being one of the first in France to receive and successfully test the vaccine against smallpox.
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and guarded by a walkway. Wooden buildings are backed along the walls. They are used for livestock housing and the storage of
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