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  6. Castle of Arcy

 Castle of Arcy à Vindecy en Saône-et-Loire

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine défensif
Demeure seigneuriale
Château Médiéval et Renaissance
Saône-et-Loire

Castle of Arcy

    Château d'Arcy
    71110 Vindecy
Photo de Castle of Arcy
Crédit photo : Ptivince - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Moyen Âge central
Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1200
1300
1400
1500
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
1230
First Lord identified
1434
Transition to Le Viste
1482
Reception of Louis XI
1591
Fire of the castle
1719
Sale to Pierre Larcher
1767-1772
Construction of a new residence
1983
Registration for historical monuments
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

the facades and roofs of the two entrance buildings with their tower; the entrance gate between these two buildings; the facades and roofs of the house body, the wing in return and the tower (cf. C 497, 500, 529) : entry by order of 27 June 1983

Key figures

Jean de Semur - First Lord identified Lord of Sancenay in 1230.
Jean IV Le Viste - Owner and patron Received Louis XI in 1482.
Claude Le Viste - Heir and sponsor Continues the work at the sixteenth.
Antoine de Valadoux - Marquis d'Arcy Expands the estate to the seventeenth.
Michel Larcher - Moderniser of the eighteenth Comble the moat in 1760.
Pierre Larcher - Acquirer in 1719 President of the Chamber of Accounts.

Origin and history

The Château d'Arcy, located in Vindecy in Saône-et-Loire, finds its origins in the 12th century as a castle. It was thoroughly reshaped in the 15th and 17th centuries, becoming the centre of a seigneury and then a marquisate. Originally integrated with the Barony of Semur-en-Brionnais, it was detached in the 13th century for a younger branch of the Semur family. Jean de Semur, first lord identified in 1230, marks the beginning of his feudal history.

In the 15th century, the castle passed into the hands of the Le Viste family through the marriage of Béatrice de la Bussière with Antoine Le Viste. Their son, John IV Le Viste, undertook important work between 1457 and 1501, even receiving Louis XI in 1482. The latter reportedly ordered La Dame's famous Licorne hangings. Jean's daughter, Claude Le Viste, successively married Geoffroy de Balzac and Jean de Chabannes, continuing the development of the estate.

The seventeenth century is marked by major transformations under the Guillard and Valadoux. After a fire in 1591, Marie Raguier, widow of Louis de Guillard, financed repairs. Paul de Guillard, his grandson, added a north wing around 1661 before disinteresting himself in the castle for a military career. The estate was later erected as a marquisat by Antoine de Valadoux, who expanded before its sale in 1719 to Pierre Larcher, president of the Chambre des comptes de Paris.

In the 18th century, Michel Larcher, master of the requests, modernized the castle by filling the moat and initiating a new residence (1767-1772), attributed to the architect Edme Verniquet either wrongly or rightly. The Revolution abolished the nobliary titles, and the castle, emptied of its furniture in 1852, changed hands several times in the 19th and 20th centuries. Despite these transformations, it retains medieval elements such as circular sandstone towers and a body of rectangular houses.

The castle has been partially listed as a historical monument since 1983, protecting its facades, roofs and entrance elements. One of his oldest performances dates from 1885, designed by Rousselot, forest inspector. Today, it bears witness to the architectural and social evolution of a Burgundy seigneury over more than six centuries.

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