🏰 Château de Vallery

The Château de Vallery is a Renaissance château in the commune of Vallery, in the Yonne department of Burgundy, France. Begun in 1548 for Jacques d'Albon de Saint-André, Marshal of France and a favourite of King Henry II, it was built by the royal architect Pierre Lescot on the site of a medieval fortress, of which the curtain walls, circular towers and cellars survive. Construction was left unfinished at Saint-André's death in 1562; only the west wing, the south wing and a corner pavilion were built.