Château de Gy

A 20 km east of Gray, on the edge of the wood Plumont, Gy was the property of the archbishops of Besançon from the eleventh century until the Revolution.

Built on the hills above the town, their castle was several times destroyed and rebuilt in the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries.

Old fortress in the thirteenth century, the traditional residence of the archbishops was rebuilt in the sixteenth century and transformed in the eighteenth in a princely residence at the request of Cardinal de Choiseul-Beaupré.

With the inventory drawn up after the death of each archbishop, the furniture has been restored as he was in the eighteenth. In the room of Choiseul-Beaupré notice his portrait above the fireplace, and a surprising chess game malachite. You will be awe of the 150 awards given in the hunting room and no less surprised by the ingenuity of safes gathered in the treasure room.

In the large dining room, luxury is in order: vermeil flatware, crystal glasses from Bohemia ... The tour ends with the Hall of religious clothing in the church of Gy