Can you visit the Château de Bretenière?

It is a privately inhabited property that does not offer organised museum-style tours, though it provides accommodation and farm camping.

How old is the Château de Bretenière?

The current building results from a transformation begun in 1770 on a former fortified house, with further additions made around 1840.

Is the Château de Bretenière a listed historic monument?

Yes, it has been listed as a historic monument since an order of 7 October 1996, which also protects its outbuildings, walls and gates.

What can be seen in the château's park?

A wooded park of more than ten hectares, laid out in the 19th century, now home to horses, geese and peacocks.

Château de Bretenière

Bretenière Castle

Bretenière

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Château de Bretenière stands in Bretenière (Côte-d'Or), in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: second half of the 18th century, first half of the 19th century). Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

In Bretenière, in the Côte-d'Or, this former fortified house was remodelled from 1770 onwards into a pleasure residence, with the building extended on the park side by two projecting wings. Around 1840 a rotunda room was added, while the park was laid out and a farm built in neo-Tuscan style. The entrance hall and main staircase still display bas-reliefs from that period. The château and its outbuildings, including the walls and gates, have been listed as a historic monument since 1996.

What to know

The château remains a private property, lived in by its owners, and does not operate as a monument open for standard museum-style visits.
The estate includes a wooded park of more than ten hectares home to horses, geese and peacocks.
The site today offers accommodation, farm camping and stables, activities separate from viewing the historic building itself.
Its listing as a historic monument covers the château, its outbuildings, the enclosure walls and two gates dating from the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Where this château is

Bretenière · Côte-d'Or · Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

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Address

6 Rue Principale, 21110 Bretenière

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Château phone number

+33 6 77 83 55 66

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Heritage status: Registered historic monument (inscrit); Mérimée record PA21000001
Period of construction: second half of the 18th century, first half of the 19th century

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Can you visit the Château de Bretenière?: It is a privately inhabited property that does not offer organised museum-style tours, though it provides accommodation and farm camping.
How old is the Château de Bretenière?: The current building results from a transformation begun in 1770 on a former fortified house, with further additions made around 1840.
Is the Château de Bretenière a listed historic monument?: Yes, it has been listed as a historic monument since an order of 7 October 1996, which also protects its outbuildings, walls and gates.
What can be seen in the château's park?: A wooded park of more than ten hectares, laid out in the 19th century, now home to horses, geese and peacocks.