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Origin and history

The castle of Digoine is located in the commune of Saint-Martin-de-Commune, in Saône-et-Loire, in a natural setting marked by a pond, the creek of Crissey and surrounding woods. Its architecture consists of two bodies of house in square: L ́un, rectangular and flanked by two square towers, presents a scald of troubadour style; The other, almost square, could be the layout of an old dungeon in the 19th century. This second building is framed by a polygonal tower and a round tower. Private property, the castle is not visited.

The date of 1359, engraved on a kitchen chimney, is the only tangible indication of its initial construction. In the 15th century, the estate belonged to the lords of Damascus, then passed about 1548 into the hands of the Malain family. In the 17th and 18th centuries, René de Loriol and his wife Livie de Chandieu became owners, before the castle was passed on by marriage in 1732 to the Marquis Jean Prosper de Falletans.

At the beginning of the 19th century, ruined, the castle was sold to a relative of the Falletans, the Count of Musy. The latter undertook important restorations: reconstruction of the communes, the creation of an English-speaking park and the addition of a southern pavilion. The estate was then transferred in the 20th century to the Count of Prunlé, grandson of the Count of Musy. The transformations of the 19th century, including the addition of neo-Gothic or romantic elements such as ecauguette, reflect the architectural tastes of the era.

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