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Origin and history

The castle of Chailly-sur-Armançon comes from the 12th century as a simple house-forte. In the 15th century, John, Lord of Loges, made it a fortress with four towers and a drawbridge. Her grandson, Hugues des Loges, transformed her into an elegant Renaissance residence between 1525 and 1550, inspired by the Ducal Palace of Nevers. The coat of arms of Hugues and his wife, Charlotte du Mesnil-Simon, still appears on a fireplace and a carved frieze.

In 1789, the castle was spared by revolutionary excesses thanks to Augustin Godard, Mayor of Chailly and farmer of the seigneury, who bought it back in 1796. He then moved to the Chalon family in 1888. In the 20th century, Yasuhiko Sata rehabilitated it from 1987 to become a 4-star hotel with golf, while preserving its historical architecture.

The castle, classified as a historical monument in 1930, features a rectangular house flanked by two circular towers and hexagonal staircase turrets. Its western façade, decorated with pilasters and pediment-shaped windows, bears witness to its Renaissance style. The dependencies, partially rebuilt, date from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. Today, it combines heritage and modernity as a luxury hotel establishment.

Future

The current owner had the castle rehabilitated from 1987 onwards to transform it into a 4-star hotel with 45 rooms, 6 seminar rooms, 2 restaurants and an 18-hole professional golf course.

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