{"id":234620,"date":"2025-06-26T20:00:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T18:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/?p=234620"},"modified":"2025-06-26T22:48:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T20:48:54","slug":"chateau-pentagonal-maulnes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/insolite\/lieux-insolites\/chateau-pentagonal-maulnes\/","title":{"rendered":"Cet incroyable ch\u00e2teau pentagonal est organis\u00e9 autour d&rsquo;un puits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cach\u00e9 dans une clairi\u00e8re \u00e0 <\/span><b>Cruzy-le-Ch\u00e2tel,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> dans <\/span><b>l\u2019Yonne<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, ce joyau architectural de la <\/span><b>Renaissance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0est unique en son genre. Construit entre <\/span><b>1566 et 1573, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">le <\/span><b>ch\u00e2teau de Maulnes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> n\u2019a aucun \u00e9quivalent en France\u2026 si ce n\u2019est dans le monde ! Q<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ualifi\u00e9 de \u201cmonument insigne absolument unique\u201d par la <strong>Commission sup\u00e9rieure des Monuments historiques, <\/strong>il aurait bien pu s\u2019effondrer ! On vous explique ce qui le rend si particulier.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Un pentagone au c\u0153ur de la for\u00eat<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DKRVrxvi_um\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">Voir cette publication sur Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DKRVrxvi_um\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Une publication partag\u00e9e par Ch\u00e2teau de Maulnes (@chateau.de.maulnes)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alors, qu\u2019est ce qui rend ce ch\u00e2teau aussi fascinant ? C\u2019est avant tout son architecture hors du commun, un plan en <\/span><b>pentagone<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Assez trapu et massif, bien loin des vastes ch\u00e2teaux classiques aux longues fa\u00e7ades majestueuses, Maulnes intrigue au premier regard. <\/span><b>Seul ch\u00e2teau pentagonal de France<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, il d\u00e9ploie cinq c\u00f4t\u00e9s \u00e9gaux de 17 m\u00e8tres, chacun termin\u00e9 par une tour, d\u00e9j\u00e0 en soi une raret\u00e9. Mais si l\u2019on vous disait que ce n\u2019est pas l\u00e0 ce qu\u2019il y a de plus \u00e9tonnant ? La pi\u00e8ce ma\u00eetresse du ch\u00e2teau, v\u00e9ritable un<strong> chef-d\u2019\u0153uvre d\u2019ing\u00e9niosit\u00e9<\/strong>, se d\u00e9couvre au centre : <\/span><b>un grand escalier en colima\u00e7on,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> qui s\u2019enroule autour d\u2019un puits central. Aliment\u00e9 par trois sources, il distribue <\/span><b>eau et lumi\u00e8re<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00e0 l\u2019ensemble du b\u00e2timent : des cinq niveaux, on pouvait puiser de l\u2019eau. Au c\u0153ur du b\u00e2timent, ce cylindre creux, v\u00e9ritable colonne vert\u00e9brale du ch\u00e2teau, incarne le g\u00e9nie d\u2019un architecte\u2026\u2026 dont l\u2019identit\u00e9 reste encore un myst\u00e8re.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_234621\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-234621\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-234621 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chateau_maulnes_escalier_central_puits-1-1024x704.jpg\" alt=\"Escalier central du ch\u00e2teau de Maulnes -Wikicommons\" width=\"1024\" height=\"704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chateau_maulnes_escalier_central_puits-1-1024x704.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chateau_maulnes_escalier_central_puits-1-437x300.jpg 437w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chateau_maulnes_escalier_central_puits-1-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chateau_maulnes_escalier_central_puits-1-1536x1055.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chateau_maulnes_escalier_central_puits-1-2048x1407.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chateau_maulnes_escalier_central_puits-1-200x137.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chateau_maulnes_escalier_central_puits-1-80x55.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chateau_maulnes_escalier_central_puits-1-500x344.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chateau_maulnes_escalier_central_puits-1-700x481.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chateau_maulnes_escalier_central_puits-1-1000x687.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chateau_maulnes_escalier_central_puits-1-2000x1374.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chateau_maulnes_escalier_central_puits-1-728x500.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chateau_maulnes_escalier_central_puits-1-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-234621\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Escalier central du ch\u00e2teau de Maulnes -Wikicommons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> En tout cas, on doit peut-\u00eatre \u00e0 cet architecte inconnu le plus \u00e9tonnant ch\u00e2teau de la<strong> Renaissance fran\u00e7aise.<\/strong> Le seul autre b\u00e2timent pr\u00e9sentant une telle audace architecturale est la<\/span><b> villa Farn\u00e8se, \u00e0 Caprarola<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, en Italie (\u00e9galement en pentagone). Et si sa structure vous \u00e9tonne, gardez en t\u00eate qu\u2019aujourd\u2019hui, seule la partie principale est encore visible : le site \u00e9tait encore plus \u00e9patant avant. \u00c0 l\u2019\u00e9poque, on acc\u00e9dait au logis pentagonal en entrant par des <\/span><b>communs, dispos\u00e9s en demi-cercle, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">puis en parcourant une <\/span><b>longue galerie couverte<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, qui a totalement disparu.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_234630\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-234630\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-234630 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maquette-chateau-maulnes-paris-zigzag-e1750943520394-1024x581.jpeg\" alt=\"Maquette du ch\u00e2teau de Maulnes selon les plans de Jacques Androuet du Cerceau - Wikicommons\" width=\"1024\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maquette-chateau-maulnes-paris-zigzag-e1750943520394-1024x581.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maquette-chateau-maulnes-paris-zigzag-e1750943520394-529x300.jpeg 529w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maquette-chateau-maulnes-paris-zigzag-e1750943520394-768x436.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maquette-chateau-maulnes-paris-zigzag-e1750943520394-1536x872.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maquette-chateau-maulnes-paris-zigzag-e1750943520394-200x114.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maquette-chateau-maulnes-paris-zigzag-e1750943520394-80x45.jpeg 80w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maquette-chateau-maulnes-paris-zigzag-e1750943520394-500x284.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maquette-chateau-maulnes-paris-zigzag-e1750943520394-700x397.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maquette-chateau-maulnes-paris-zigzag-e1750943520394-1000x568.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maquette-chateau-maulnes-paris-zigzag-e1750943520394-881x500.jpeg 881w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maquette-chateau-maulnes-paris-zigzag-e1750943520394-300x170.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maquette-chateau-maulnes-paris-zigzag-e1750943520394.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-234630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maquette du ch\u00e2teau de Maulnes selon les plans de Jacques Androuet du Cerceau &#8211; Wikicommons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Le projet d\u2019un couple ambitieux et cr\u00e9atif<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_234623\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-234623\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-234623 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maulnes-paris-zigzag-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Louise de Clermont et Antoine de Crussol\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maulnes-paris-zigzag-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maulnes-paris-zigzag-533x300.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maulnes-paris-zigzag-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maulnes-paris-zigzag-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maulnes-paris-zigzag-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maulnes-paris-zigzag-80x45.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maulnes-paris-zigzag-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maulnes-paris-zigzag-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maulnes-paris-zigzag-1000x563.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maulnes-paris-zigzag-889x500.jpg 889w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maulnes-paris-zigzag-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maulnes-paris-zigzag.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-234623\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Louise de Clermont et Antoine de Crussol<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u2019histoire de ce singulier ch\u00e2teau est aussi celle d\u2019un couple : <\/span><b>\u00a0Louise de Clermont et Antoine de Crussol<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, respectivement<\/span><b> comtesse de Tonnerre<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> et <\/span><b>duc d\u2019Uz\u00e8s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Louise de Clermont, lou\u00e9e pour sa beaut\u00e9, son intelligence, et sa franchise, est tr\u00e8s appr\u00e9ci\u00e9e de la reine <\/span><b>Catherine de M\u00e9dicis. <\/b>Elle \u00e9<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pouse le duc d\u2019Uz\u00e8s en secondes noces alors qu\u2019elle a 52 ans et lui 28. Ensemble, ils d\u00e9cident en <\/span><b>1566 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">la construction d\u2019un ch\u00e2teau capable de marquer les esprits par son originalit\u00e9. Contrairement aux ch\u00e2teaux voisins d\u2019<\/span><b>Ancy-le-Franc<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ou de <\/span><b>Tanlay<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, richement d\u00e9cor\u00e9s, Maulnes mise sur une architecture innovante pour impressionner et <\/span><b>montrer leur puissance.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Le choix du site n\u2019est pas non plus un hasard : <\/span><b>au c\u0153ur d\u2019une vaste for\u00eat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, le ch\u00e2teau \u00e9tait aussi un <\/span><b>relais de chasse <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">et permettait id\u00e9alement de g\u00e9rer <\/span><b>l\u2019exploitation foresti\u00e8re.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Les t\u00eates de chiens et de lions sculpt\u00e9es sur les tours rappellent d\u2019ailleurs cet usage. D\u00e9cid\u00e9ment tr\u00e8s cr\u00e9atifs et pleins d\u2019esprit, le couple avait imagin\u00e9 un v\u00e9ritable Eden\u2026 dont ils n\u2019ont malheureusement pas pu profiter pleinement. Revenu malade du si\u00e8ge de la Rochelle, le duc d\u2019Uz\u00e8s meurt en <\/span><b>1573<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> : les <\/span><b>travaux sont abandonn\u00e9s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> et la comtesse ne revient plus \u00e0 Maulnes \u00e0 partir de mai 1975. Le projet ne sera donc jamais achev\u00e9.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Un sauvetage in extremis<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DLSSHPqi7Yp\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">Voir cette publication sur Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DLSSHPqi7Yp\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Une publication partag\u00e9e par Ch\u00e2teau de Maulnes (@chateau.de.maulnes)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Au fil du temps, le ch\u00e2teau conna\u00eet de multiples propri\u00e9taires \u2026 et autant d\u2019abandons. Apr\u00e8s avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 pass\u00e9 de mains en mains, il devient une <\/span><b>verrerie<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> au <\/span><b>XVIIIe<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> si\u00e8cle : la <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Verrerie de Maulnes<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, connue pour la qualit\u00e9 de ses r\u00e9alisations, perdure jusqu\u2019au <\/span><b>milieu du XIXe si\u00e8cle<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u00c0 la suite de cette parenth\u00e8se artisanale, il tombe progressivement en ruines, tour \u00e0 tour acquis par des propri\u00e9taires plus int\u00e9ress\u00e9s par les ressources en bois et par le terrain que par le ch\u00e2teau en lui-m\u00eame. Il faudra attendre <\/span><b>1997 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pour qu\u2019il soit sauv\u00e9 in extremis par le <\/span><b>Conseil G\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l\u2019Yonne<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, qui en fait l\u2019acquisition. Depuis, il fait l\u2019objet d\u2019importantes restaurations, et de nombreuses \u00e9tudes arch\u00e9ologiques qui tentent de percer des myst\u00e8res persistants (comme l\u2019identit\u00e9 de l\u2019architecte). Les communs en demi-cercle, dont il ne reste qu\u2019une partie, ont \u00e9t\u00e9 restaur\u00e9s en priorit\u00e9 et\u00a0 font maintenant office d\u2019accueil et de salle d\u2019exposition. Les derniers travaux en date se sont consacr\u00e9s \u00e0 faire revivre un<\/span><b> jardin de 4000 m2 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">imagin\u00e9 par le couple fondateur, mais qui n\u2019a jamais vraiment pu voir le jour.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ouvert au public depuis <\/span><b>2005<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, le ch\u00e2teau se visite d\u00e9sormais toute l\u2019ann\u00e9e, et propose m\u00eame \u00e0 partir du 27 juin des <\/span><b>soir\u00e9es sp\u00e9ciales au coucher du soleil<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, dans une ambiance conviviale, avec restauration sur place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Image \u00e0 la une<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong>Ch\u00e2teau de Maulnes &#8211; @chateau.de.maulnes sur Instagram<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>A lire \u00e9galement<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/insolite\/lieux-insolites\/hotel-de-beauvais\/\">H\u00f4tel de Beauvais : le somptueux palais offert \u00e0 la femme qui a initi\u00e9 Louis XIV \u00e0 l\u2019amour<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cach\u00e9 dans une clairi\u00e8re \u00e0 Cruzy-le-Ch\u00e2tel, dans l\u2019Yonne, ce joyau architectural de la Renaissance\u00a0est unique en son genre. 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