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Origin and history

The Château des Maillys is a building built at the end of the 16th century on the commune of Maillys, in the Côte-d'Or department. Built by the architect Nicolas de Rouveu for Jean Pennet, seigneur of Mailly, it is distinguished by an architecture typical of southern Burgundy, blending bricks, stones and polychrome roof with varnished tiles. The castle is flanked by three square towers, two of which are placed on the garden side, and adorned with a large stone staircase with double flights.

The castle had a turbulent history: it was owned by the Berbis family in the 17th century, then by the Gemeaux family and by Adolphe Le Caruyer de Beauvais around 1860. During the Second World War, he was requisitioned by the Germans (1939-1945), before being bought by the City Hall of Paris, which made him a holiday colony until the 1980s. A fire in 1997 ravaged much of the structure, leaving only the masonry, stained glass and altar of the chapel, stored in the cellars.

The castle is also linked to a notable historical episode: the young lieutenant Napoleon Bonaparte, then stationed at the Royal Artillery School of Auxonne (1788-1791), met Madame de Berbis there. The site, located in a large park to the northwest of the village, bears witness to an ancient military occupation, with nine castral mots attesting to an intense feudal life from the early Middle Ages in the vicinity (Mailly-le-Port, Mailly-la-Ville, Mailly-le-Château).

After the fire, the renovated communes were transformed into a gite. Today, the Château des Maillys, although partially destroyed, remains an architectural and historical testimony of Burgundy-Franche-Comté, marked by centuries of varied transformations and uses, ranging from seigneurial residence to collective resort.

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