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The castle of Gissey, called Tour Marmont, is a strong house located in the valley of the Oze, in the heart of the village of Gissey-sous-Flavigny (Côte-d的Or). His first written records date back to 1366, with a seigneury including a tower called the Michel Guiote tower, cited in 1392 and 1447, accompanied by a barn, a dovecote and outbuildings. This seigneurial site, centered on a rectangular tower of 12 meters high to vaulted ground floor, illustrates the architectural evolution between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, with additions such as a round tower with spiral staircase and a 16th century square turret.

In 1769, the sources evoke a seigneurial house with dovecoier, barn, stable and cellars, rebuilt around 1774 by Alexandre Jouard, who added gardens, terraces and a canal. The building, marked by internal divisions in the 16th century (four parts per floor), preserves defensive elements like cannons in the round turret. Ranked a Historic Monument in 1980 for its facades, roofs, vaulted rooms and staircase, it was restored between 1988 and 1992 by the Association Buildings Histoire et Architecture Médiévales, before a excavation campaign in 1994.

Architecturally, the Marmont Tower combines crib vaulted cellars (supported by double arches), a medieval southern entrance, and a later modified two-paned roof. The site is part of a seigneurial pourpris, where remains of a barn near the church, a square dovecote and a mill along the adjacent stream. These elements demonstrate its central role in the feudal and post-medieval organization of the village, between farming and the symbol of local power.

The protection of 1980 specifically covers facades, roofs, two vaulted rooms on the ground floor, the staircase with screws and five chimneys, highlighting the heritage value of a building at the crossroads of time. The restorations of the 1990s, carried out by volunteers, preserved this testimony of the architectural and social transformations of Burgundy, between seigneurial defense and aristocratic residence.

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