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Origin and history

The Vesvre Castle, located in the Celle Valley in La Celle-en-Morvan (Saône-et-Loire), preserves two isolated medieval towers north of the present building. At the end of the sixteenth century, it was rebuilt as a fossilized strong house, with two houses, five flanking towers and a drawbridge. The major transformations of 1926, such as triangular doors, windows and frontons, gave it its present appearance, blending classicism and modern decorative elements.

In 1364, the castle was occupied by the Routiers, mercenaries led by Perrot Callain, who looted the surrounding area before being chased for a ransom of 2,500 gold francs. The following year, the Duke of Burgundy Philippe the Hardi ordered his destruction. In the 15th century, the seigneury passed to the family of Ganay, then to Claude de Fougère in 1584. The family of Choiseul-Traves, owner in the 17th century, is said to be at the origin of the current reconstruction.

In the 19th century, the estate belonged to Ferdinand of Esterno, agronomist and writer, who conducted experiments on more than 2000 hectares. The castle, surrounded by a French garden and terraces descending towards the river, dominates an orderly landscape of boxwood and difews. Private property, it does not visit, preserving its history between medieval remains and redevelopments of the eighteenth and twentieth centuries.

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