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Château de Germolles

100 place du 5 septembre 1944, 71640 Mellecey
  • Saône-et-Loire
  • Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Visit to the Castle of Germolles

Visit of the "palace of the fields", designed at the end of the 14th century by the Duchess of Burgundy Marguerite of Flanders, in a very innovative spirit mixing nature and culture
16 - 18 septiembre 2022Passed
Cliché J.-Cl. Dufourd 2015

At the end of the 14th century the Duchess of Burgundy, Marguerite de Flandre, was offered by her husband, Duke Philippe le Hardi, the old castle of Germolles. She decides to make it a "modern" home: to do this, she designs with the artists at the service of the court a "palace of the fields", a residence both sober and elegant, richly decorated, but above all bucolic. Although part of the castle of Marguerite de Flandre is now extinct, the visit of the places allows to apreciate the innovative character of this house, through its organization and its decorations. Discovering the storeroom or a service room, the chapels or the large room, the apartment of Marguerite of Bavaria (the second duchess of Burgundy) or the ducal suite, we measure the raids of the court of Burgundy at the end of the Middle Ages and the new look on nature, both announcing the Renaissance to come. The evolutions of the castle and its surroundings after the medieval period allow to understand the adaptation of the place to more recent periods, where one knew to preserve the initial spirit, notably with the plantation of an English park in the middle of the nineteenth century.

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About the location

Château de Germolles
100 place du 5 septembre 1944, 71640 Mellecey
  • Saône-et-Loire
  • Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
In 1380 the Duke de Bourgogne, Philippe le Hardi, acquires for her wife, Margaret de Flandre, the strong house of Germolles. The Duchess transforms her into a luxurious and bucolic residence where work the best artists of the Burgundian school (Claus Sluter, Jean de Beaumetz). Visit allows to discover the cellar and the low chapel (vestiges of the primitive(initial) fortress), the towers of entrance(entry) (recently restored), the trophy room, the chapel and ducaux apartments. Decorations(Sets) painted or sculpted and tiles(window panes) of paving manifest the quality of the place. The hamlet which precedes the castle and the English-style park conceived(designed) in the XIXth century, supplements the site. Germolles is the only pleasure house of the dukes of widely kept(preserved) Burgundy today.
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Château, hôtel urbain, palais, manoir, Espace naturel, parc, jardin, Maison des illustres, Monument historique
Acceso
By highway: - since outing(exit) south Chalon-sur-Saône: follow Montchanin (N 80), turn right towards Givry. In Givry follow direction(management) Mercurey (D 981). The castle of Germolles is along the road, on the left, in about 1,5 km. - since outing(exit) north Chalon-sur-Saône: follow direction(management) Autun (D978), in 2km before Mercurey, turn left in the traffic circle of the chalonnaise coast(rib). The castle of Germolles is along the road (D981), to the right, in 1km about.
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