Can the château de Marcilly-la-Gueurce be visited?

No public information gives opening hours or admission fees, as the château remains a private, occupied residence.

How old is the château de Marcilly-la-Gueurce?

The present wing was built in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries on the site of a twelfth-century fortified house, then altered in the nineteenth century.

Is the château de Marcilly-la-Gueurce a protected monument?

Yes, the château and its eastern terraces have been listed as a historic monument since an order of 1993.

Who owns the château de Marcilly-la-Gueurce today?

The property has belonged to the same family since the late eighteenth century, who still own it.

Château de Marcilly-la-Gueurce

Marcilly-la-Gueurce

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Where: Marcilly-la-Gueurce

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Château de Marcilly-la-Gueurce stands in Marcilly-la-Gueurce (Saône-et-Loire), in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: 15th century, 16th century). The building is privately owned and no visits are on record.

In Marcilly-la-Gueurce, in the Saône-et-Loire department, stands a former fortified house that became over the centuries a family residence, still occupied today by the descendants of its eighteenth-century owners. The building combines a rectangular pavilion flanked by a roofless round tower with a sixteenth-century wing carried by a stone balcony resting on arcades. Notable features include a round tower that has regained its conical roof and a square tower containing a spiral staircase, both testifying to the many alterations made since the twelfth century.

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What to know

The château still belongs to the family who inherited it in the eighteenth century and remains in private use.
The building and its eastern terraces have been listed as a historic monument since 1993.
The visible structures mainly date from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, with alterations in the nineteenth century.
No opening hours, admission fees or access conditions are publicly listed for this site.
The château stands above a valley, overlooking a tributary of the Conche stream.

Where this château is

Marcilly-la-Gueurce · Saône-et-Loire · Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

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Address

71120 Marcilly-la-Gueurce

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Heritage status: Registered historic monument (inscrit); Mérimée record PA00125331
Period of construction: 15th century, 16th century

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Frequently asked

Can the château de Marcilly-la-Gueurce be visited?: No public information gives opening hours or admission fees, as the château remains a private, occupied residence.
How old is the château de Marcilly-la-Gueurce?: The present wing was built in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries on the site of a twelfth-century fortified house, then altered in the nineteenth century.
Is the château de Marcilly-la-Gueurce a protected monument?: Yes, the château and its eastern terraces have been listed as a historic monument since an order of 1993.
Who owns the château de Marcilly-la-Gueurce today?: The property has belonged to the same family since the late eighteenth century, who still own it.