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The castle of Blagny-sur-Vingeanne, located in Côte-d'Or in the Burgundy-Franche-Comté region, is an 18th century building built on the remains of an ancient castle destroyed during the Thirty Years War (1618-1648). Originally it was an outbuilding of the Abbey of Bèze and belonged to the Saulx family in 1607. The mercenaries of Matthias Gallas, ravaging the region, razed the village and the original castle, requiring a complete reconstruction before 1782, as evidenced by a land plan preserved in the departmental archives.

The present castle, registered as historical monuments since 1988, consists of a three-span central house, framed by commons and opened on a rectangular courtyard by a wrought iron gate. Its architecture combines a ground floor and a high floor, with facades decorated with false bosses. The park, partially amputated in the early 1900s during the construction of the canal between Champagne and Burgundy (then called canal de la Marne à la Saône), also housed a square dovecote and a well with round margin, elements characteristic of seigneurial estates.

The archives show that the site was strategically placed on the southeast edge of the village, close to the canal, highlighting its role both residential and economic. The gates, the roofs of the communes and the castle itself have been subject to heritage protection since the 1988 decree. Although the sources do not specify its current use, its inscription and configuration suggest a vocation both noble and agricultural, typical of the post-war reconstructions of Thirty Years in Burgundy.

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