Château de Sully
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The Château de Sully (Saône-et-Loire) is among the largest of the Renaissance châteaux of southern Burgundy. Paired outbuildings of a more vernacular character face each other across a grassed forecourt, while behind is the vegetable garden, fenced by fruit trees. Four wings, flanked by matching angled corner towers and surrounded by a moat, enclose a Renaissance courtyard built for the Maréchal de Saulx-Tavanes, confident of Catherine de Medici.
The historic chateau of the MacMahon family, descendants of the Dukes of Burgundy. Birthplace of the monarchist Field Marshal, Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta, who was President of the French Third Republic from 1873 to 1879. The Château de Sully remains the home of the present duchesse de Magenta and her family.
The château of Henri IV's minister, Maximilien de Béthune and the ducs de Sully, is the Château de Sully-sur-Loire.
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