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Château de Bazoches
The Château de Bazoches stands halfway up a wooded hill, on the edge of the Morvan, about ten kilometres from Vézelay. This 12th-century feudal fortress has a trapezoidal plan, with four towers and a keep around an inner courtyard.
It is best known for having belonged to Vauban, who bought it in the 17th century with a reward from Louis XIV after the siege of Maastricht. The marshal made it both a family home and a place of work, setting up his study there, where the plans of many of the kingdom's strongholds were drawn up.
The visit includes this study, preserved in its original state, and the château's apartments. Listed as a historic monument in 1994, the site belongs to the network of major Vauban sites.
