With its 13 towers overlooking the Mâconnais Valley, Berzé is a well-preserved 13th century fortress. Reputed to be impregnable under Louis XI, there are some ingenious defensive systems within the three surrounding walls.
Built before the château, a Carolingian chapel is hidden among the terraced gardens that offer an exceptional view of the Val Lamartinien.
Conditions
of visits 2008
Opening hours
:
June and September: open every afternoon from 2.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. (except Thursday).
July and August, from 10 a.m. to 6.00 p.m
From april 6th,
Tours for groups all sundays at 4.00 p.m
Tours for groups all year by appointment.
Admission fees :
Adults : 6.5 €
- 18 yeas old : 4.50€
Groups of adults and schools (20 pers) : 4.50 € per person
Building of the château began in 1605. It houses the perfectly preserved "gilded rooms", the richest painted apartments of the Louis XIII (1628) period. Belle Epoque reception rooms, ancient fully equipped kitchen, large stone staircase.
Large moat filled with water. 12 ha park: box hedge maze, flowerbeds, old fashioned kitchen garden, groves, outdoor theatre and a number of ponds, Allée Lamartine planted with one hundred and thirty 200-year-old lime trees. Tea-room (July - September).
Conditions
of visits 2008
Opening hours :
26/03 - 13/11, 7 days a week 10 a.m. - 12h (departure for the last visit) and 2 p.m. - 17h30 (departure for the last visit)
Admission fees :
Conducted tours for groups all year.
7€ per person
Groups of adults: 6.5 € per person
School groups: 4 € per person.
Details
:
Tel: 03 85 50 16 55 –
Fax: 03 85 50 72 06
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Château
of Saint-Point
This 12 th C château was once enclosed by a double wall of ramparts and defended the land belonging to the abbots of Cluny.
Bought by the Lamartine family in 1802, it was altered by the poet in the style of Oxford (Gothic troubadour). A number of souvenirs are contained in the private apartments: the poet’s bedroom, study, billiard room, bedroom of Mme de Lamartine. Landscaped gardens, hundred-year old trees. Lamartine’s tomb. 12 th C church and 14 th C frescoes.
Conditions
of visits 2007
Opening hours :
01/04 - 31/05 and 01/09 - 11/11 : daily, except on Wednesdays and Sunday mornings, from 10 a.m. - 12h and 2:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
01/06 - 31/08 : daily, except on Wednesdays and Sunday mornings, from 10 a.m. - 12h and 2:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Admission fees :
Conducted tours for groups by appointment.
5 € per person
Groups of adults: 4 € per person
School groups: 3 € per person
Private historical monument, set in the midst of a conservation area (12 th C, 15 th C, 17 thC), cherished by Lamartine. 12 th C Romanesque church. Mediaeval kitchens, baker’s shop and bread and wheat museum. Monumental winding staircase. Two bedrooms: that of the Comtes de Pierreclos, 17 th C and the bedroom of the famous Laurence de Jocelyn 18 th C. Guardroom. The 12 th C vaulted cellars house the museum dedicated to the vine, wine and cooperage. Reception rooms. Terraced gardens with panorama.
Conditions
of visits 2008
Opening hours :
All year except winter week ends.
From april 6th to may 25th : only on sunday at 4.00 pm
Admission fees :
Visit + tasting session:
Adults: 6.8 €
Students: 4.9 €
Free entrance for children under 10
Groups: 5.5 € per person
Conducted tours for groups all year by appointment.
A document entitled “La Route des Châteaux en Bourgogne du Sud” is available at the Tourist Office. The 17 châteaux and stately homes presented in this leaflet are evidence of the historical wealth of this region Saône et Loire.
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