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Château de Vassy-le-Bois

Etaule, Yonne, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Château ; parc et tous ses éléments ; portail d'entrée (cad. A 144, 610, 611) : inscription par arrêté du 29 novembre 1995
Protection dates
1995/11/29 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
2e moitié 19e siècle
Dates
1873
Architect or builder
GUERINOT (architecte)
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Etaule
Département
Yonne
Region
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Country
France
Coordinates
47.53817, 3.91701
Mérimée reference
PA00135714

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1825 map "V.1:1-5: I: Frankreich. DEP: 11. Der Aube. 12. Der Oberen Marne. 24. Der Yonne" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Château construit en 1873 par un élève de Viollet-le-Duc, Guérinot. Symbole du mécénat, de la richesse et de la réussite sociale d'un grand patron d'industrie avallonnais au 19e siècle (découverte par Ernest Gariel du ciment de Vassy). Le vocabulaire architectural se réfère aux modèles de la Renaissance : arcades, corniches moulurées, jeux de pierres sculptées...

English translation

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Castle built in 1873 by a student of Viollet-le-Duc, Guérinot. Symbol of patronage, wealth and social success of a great industrialist patron of Avallon in the 19th century (discovery by Ernest Gariel of Vassy cement). The architectural vocabulary refers to Renaissance models: arcades, moulded cornices, sculptured stone patterning...

Nearby in the register

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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