Château de Rully
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Castle
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in the commune
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
of Rully
Rully
Rully is the name of several communes in France:*Rully, Calvados, in the Calvados département*Rully, Oise, in the Oise département*Rully, Saône-et-Loire, in the Saône-et-Loire départementRully may also refer to:...
in the Saône-et-Loire
Saône-et-Loire
Saône-et-Loire is a French department, named after the Saône and the Loire rivers between which it lies.-History:When it was formed during the French Revolution, as of March 4, 1790 in fulfillment of the law of December 22, 1789, the new department combined parts of the provinces of southern...
département of France. Located on the side of a hill, the castle dominates the whole region, facing the plain leading to the Saône
Saône
The Saône is a river of eastern France. It is a right tributary of the River Rhône. Rising at Vioménil in the Vosges department, it joins the Rhône in Lyon....
. To the west, it commands the valley towards Nantoux
Nantoux
Nantoux is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.-Population:-References:*...
and Chassey-le-Camp
Chassey-le-Camp
Chassey-le-Camp is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne in eastern France.- Wine :Vineyards of Chassey-le-Camp form part of the Bouzeron appellation d'origine contrôlée in the Cote Chalonnaise sub-region of Burgundy. Bouzeron is an appellation for white wine made...
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Description
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- At the end of the 14th century, the castle comprised a square keepKeepA keep is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars have debated the scope of the word keep, but usually consider it to refer to large towers in castles that were fortified residences, used as a refuge of last resort should the rest of the...
, three round corner towers and one flanking tower. All the elements, joined together by curtain wallCastle Walls"Castle Walls" is a song by American rapper T.I., from his seventh studio album No Mercy. The song features Pop/R&B singer Christina Aguilera, and was produced by Alex da Kid....
with a covered round walk, were crenelated at the top and protected at the base by a broad, deep ditch, crossed by a single drawbridgeDrawbridgeA drawbridge is a type of movable bridge typically associated with the entrance of a castle surrounded by a moat. The term is often used to describe all different types of movable bridges, like bascule bridges and lift bridges.-Castle drawbridges:...
, whose site is still visible on the southern face. In the 15th century, the Saint-Leger family added, on the east, north and west of the interior courtyard, a succession of buildings with splendid oak woodwork, supporting the corbelCorbelIn architecture a corbel is a piece of stone jutting out of a wall to carry any superincumbent weight. A piece of timber projecting in the same way was called a "tassel" or a "bragger". The technique of corbelling, where rows of corbels deeply keyed inside a wall support a projecting wall or...
ling of the round walk which was covered with flat Burgundian tiles. At the end of the 19th century, alterations caused certain aspects of the mediaevalMiddle AgesThe Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
structure to be hidden: filling of the dry ditches, removal of the drawbridge and the large doors which prevented access to the main courtyard, construction of a neo-gothic building with machicolationMachicolationA machicolation is a floor opening between the supporting corbels of a battlement, through which stones, or other objects, could be dropped on attackers at the base of a defensive wall. The design was developed in the Middle Ages when the Norman crusaders returned. A machicolated battlement...
inside the courtyard at the foot of the keep. - The ground floor rooms of the towers are arched. The bedrooms and the corridors are covered with ceilings with exposed beams and joists.
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roofed farm buildings, the remainders of the old lower courtyard, surround the large external courtyard and serve as an avenue of honour in front of the gate.
The castle is privately owned and open to visitors. It is listed as a monument historique
Monument historique
A monument historique is a National Heritage Site of France. It also refers to a state procedure in France by which national heritage protection is extended to a building or a specific part of a building, a collection of buildings, or gardens, bridges, and other structures, because of their...
on the supplementary inventory of the French Ministry of Culture.
History
- 851 : Earliest mention
- 920 : Rully made part of the holdings of the powerful house of Vergy
- 1194 : The castle belonged to Hugues de Rully
- 14th century : After the Rully family, the Duke of BurgundyDuke of BurgundyDuke of Burgundy was a title borne by the rulers of the Duchy of Burgundy, a small portion of traditional lands of Burgundians west of river Saône which in 843 was allotted to Charles the Bald's kingdom of West Franks...
gave the land to a knightKnightA knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior....
returning from the CrusadesCrusadesThe Crusades were a series of religious wars, blessed by the Pope and the Catholic Church with the main goal of restoring Christian access to the holy places in and near Jerusalem...
: Robert de Saint-Léger who married Isabelle de Rully - 15th century : the Saint-Léger familt make the castle habitable
- 1619 : by inheritance, the castle goes to the Montessus family, whose descendants are still owners
- Revolutionary era: a certificate of the commune of RullyRullyRully is the name of several communes in France:*Rully, Calvados, in the Calvados département*Rully, Oise, in the Oise département*Rully, Saône-et-Loire, in the Saône-et-Loire départementRully may also refer to:...
, in connection with the marquise of Montessus, held for some time in the prison of ChalonChalon-sur-SaôneChalon-sur-Saône is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne in eastern France.It is a sub-prefecture of the department. It is the largest city in the department; however, the department capital is the smaller city of Mâcon....
, attests that les malheureux ont toujours trouvé en elle une mère, l'opprimé un soutien (the unhappy always found in it a mother, the oppressed support) - Modern era: property of the comte d'Aviau de Ternay, descendant of the Montessus