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Château de Germolles today

France · Restored

Château de Germolles

Château de Germolles is a late 14th-century ducal residence in Burgundy built for Philip the Bold and Margaret of Flanders and is one of the best-preserved princely houses of that period in France. Much of the main rectangular dwelling, its towers, and associated service buildings survive and the site is open to visitors with guided tours.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons

First raised

1385

Its prime

1395

Today

Restored

As it stood in 1395

The shape it held in its prime.

A compact rectangular stone residence with a steep, multi-gabled tiled roof and regularly spaced large rectangular windows on three floors; the eastern and southern apartments occupy the main block while lower service ranges run along one side. At the entrance stand robust cylindrical medieval towers forming a châtelet; low outbuildings and a paved enclosed courtyard with formal parterres lie inside an enclosing moat, and the whole is set within a tree-filled park.

Step inside

12 places to explore in 1395.

The record describes 12 distinct spots at Château de Germolles — including 8 interiors: reception room / great hall (above the cellar), ducal chapel and octagonal turret, lower chapel and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.

Exterior approach from the parkChâtelet and entrance towersEnclosed courtyard and parterresReception room / great hall (above the cellar)Ducal chapel and octagonal turretLower chapelWine cellarKitchens and large gothic fireplaceMargaret of Flanders' dressing room (first floor)Garret and court rooms under the timbersInterior of a turret spiral stairRose garden and model sheepfold in the park

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See Château de Germolles with the fires lit.

The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1395 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.

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