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Origin and history

The castle of Bresse-sur-Grosne, mentioned as early as 1180 in a papal bubble, originally belonged to the noble family of Brecis (or Bressis). In the 15th century, it passed through marriage to the Palatin de Dyo, powerful house of Charolais. In 1617, the Cistercian monks of the Abbey of La Ferté became temporary owners and developed a wine-growing operation, adding buildings still visible today.

In 1689, the Palatins of Dyo recovered the estate, which later changed hands in the 18th century: it was passed on to the Cambis, a Provençal family, and then sold in 1769 to Philibert Chiquet, a Chalon bourgeois. At his death in 1799, the castle was bequeathed to his little niece Claudine-Marguerite, who brought it by marriage to the family of Murard de Saint-Romain, still owner today. A major restoration was carried out in 1870 by the Parisian architect Sanson, adding neo-Renaissance elements.

The castle, inscribed in historical monuments since 1983, consists of a central body flanked by two wings, a 12th century chapel, and 17th century wine estates. Although private and not open to the public, it preserves traces of its medieval past (donjon, drawbridge) and 19th-century developments, such as an orangery and a model farm in the park. Its architecture thus reflects almost nine centuries of history, mixing feudal defenses, agricultural exploitation and aristocratic embellishment.

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