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Château du Pailly

Le Pailly, Haute-Marne, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Château : classement par arrêté du 27 juillet 1921
Protection dates
1921/07/27 : classé MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
2e moitié 16e siècle
Later work
14e siècle
Ownership
propriété de l'État
Commune
Le Pailly
Département
Haute-Marne
Region
Grand Est
Country
France
Coordinates
47.79181, 5.41409
Mérimée reference
PA00079072

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1589 map "(37) Burgundiae." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Château construit de 1563 à 1570 par Gaspard de Saulx-Tavannes, compagnon d'armes de François Ier. Vendu comme bien national à la Révolution, le château reste propriété privée jusqu'en 1936, date à laquelle il est acquis par la caisse de réassurance agricole contre les accidents de l'est, avant d'être donné à l'Etat par arrêté du 28 mars 1963. Ce château, témoin de la richesse architecturale de la Renaissance bourguignonne et champenoise, a été édifié à partir d'un ancien château de plaine comprenant un massif donjon de plan barlong du début du 14e siècle et un ensemble de courtines et de corps de logis dessinant un trapèze irrégulier flanqué à ses angles de tours rondes.

English translation

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Castle built from 1563 to 1570 by Gaspard de Saulx-Tavannes, companion-in-arms of Francis I. Sold as national property at the Revolution, the castle remains private property until 1936, date at which it was acquired by the agricultural mutual insurance fund against accidents in the east, before being given to the State by decree of 28 March 1963. This castle, a witness to the architectural richness of Burgundian and Champenois Renaissance, was built starting from an old lowland castle comprising a massive oblong-plan donjon from the early 14th century and a set of curtain walls and dwelling blocks forming an irregular trapezoid flanked at its angles by round towers.

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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