What is the connection between this doyenné and Cluny Abbey?

The doyenné of Bézornay was an administrative establishment dependent on Cluny Abbey, exemplifying its territorial organisation during the eleventh and thirteenth centuries.

What was a Cluniac doyenné?

It was an administrative and religious division of territory controlled by Cluny Abbey, equipped with a chapel, residential buildings, and light fortifications.

What architectural features remain visible?

The chapel features barrel vaulting, and the site preserves a gate tower, adjoining lodging, and curtain wall remains.

Château de Besornay ou de Bézornay

Saint-Vincent-des-Prés

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Where: Saint-Vincent-des-Prés

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Château de Besornay ou de Bézornay stands in Saint-Vincent-des-Prés (Saône-et-Loire), in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument. The building is privately owned and no visits are on record.

The doyenné of Bézornay, a Cluniac establishment located in Saint-Vincent-des-Prés, preserves traces of monastic organization from the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. A chapel with barrel vaulting, gate tower, lodging, and fortification remains document its administrative role linked to Cluny Abbey. The complex, situated one kilometre from the village centre, is listed as a historic monument.

What to know

The site stands approximately 1.2 kilometres north-north-east of Saint-Vincent-des-Prés village centre.
The protected structures include the chapel, gate tower, eastern lodging, and visible sections of the curtain wall.
Surrounding archaeological layers and certain ruined outbuildings are designated as archaeological reserves.

Where this château is

Saint-Vincent-des-Prés · Saône-et-Loire · Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

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Saint-Vincent-des-Prés, Saône-et-Loire

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Heritage status: Registered historic monument (inscrit); Mérimée record PA00113460

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What is the connection between this doyenné and Cluny Abbey?: The doyenné of Bézornay was an administrative establishment dependent on Cluny Abbey, exemplifying its territorial organisation during the eleventh and thirteenth centuries.
What was a Cluniac doyenné?: It was an administrative and religious division of territory controlled by Cluny Abbey, equipped with a chapel, residential buildings, and light fortifications.
What architectural features remain visible?: The chapel features barrel vaulting, and the site preserves a gate tower, adjoining lodging, and curtain wall remains.