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Château du Pailly was built on the site of an older building dating back to the 13th century. That castle had a strategic position in the south of the Champagne region, close to Burgundy. It was ceded by the bishop of Langres to the Saulx family around 1530 and became a rare and emblematic example of the Renaissance in Champagne.
Gaspard de Saulx-Tavannes inherited the Château du Pailly from his father. In 1563, grieving the death of his eldest son, he turned the medieval fortress into a jewel of the Renaissance architecture, as he had been amazed by Italian palaces in his youth.
The Château du Pailly remained in the Saulx-Tavannes family until 1764. Several owners succeeded one another until Jean-François Moreau du Breuil bought it in 1821 and started to restore it. Today it is open to the public.
References:The Château du Lude is one of the many great châteaux of the Loire Valley in France. Le Lude is the most northerly château of the Loire Valley and one of the last important historic castles in France, still inhabited by the same family for the last 260 years. The château is testimony to four centuries of French architecture, as a stronghold transformed into an elegant house during the Renaissance and the 18th century. The monument is located in the valley of Le Loir. Its gardens have evolved throughout the centuries.
