Rochefort-sur-Brévon is located in the heart of the Parc national de forêts. The Château de Rochefort-sur-Brévon is a château in the Neo-Renaissance style, built in 1888 on a rocky spur above the Brévon Valley.
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Culture
The restored lower forge, the Forge du Bas, is located in the château park. The upper forge, the Forge du Haut, is currently being restored. The Église de la Nativité contains eight consecration crosses dating from the 17th century. The church is a rural Romanesque religious building with a Latin-cross floor plan, a suggested transept, a single nave and a narrower chancel with a broken barrel vault.
History
The original Château de Rochefort, which belonged to the Sire du Puiset, has been documented since 1235. After a fire in 1730, only the dovecote and the fortification walls remained. Les châteaux de Rochefort were expanded in 1896 with stables, a terraced garden, an orangery and a park. The dedication to Saint Maur is rare in the Côte-d'Or département and could indicate an area that once belonged to a monastery.
The Grand prieuré du Val-des-Choux, a historic site, is located in the area surrounding Rochefort-sur-Brévon.
Nature
The Vallée du Brevon circular trail is mostly wooded and offers viewpoints over the villages of Beaulieu and Rochefort-sur-Brevon as well as the Brévon Valley. Along the circular trail, visitors can discover a variety of tree species, remarkable trees and wildlife such as red deer, roe deer, wild boar and herons.
Geographical setting
Montbard station is the TGV rail connection to Rochefort-sur-Brévon; four TGV trains stop there daily in each direction.
In the wider region around Rochefort-sur-Brévon are the historic site of Abbaye Notre-Dame de Châtillon-sur-Seine, the Abbaye d'Oigny monastery and the historic site of Abbaye Notre-Dame de Longuay. The hills of Le Maumont, Mont Lassois and Mont Mercure are also located there, as is Parc de Buffon, a park.
Other places: La Bussière-sur-Ouche, Is-Sur-Tille, Meursault, Corberon, Vertault, Semur-En-Auxois, Fénay, Lanthes
