Château de Genlis

In the XIVth century, no doubt, had been built by the local feudal lord a strong house with a ditch;e, at the place called Le Vernois (in the overhang on the Norges à the back of the current fork in the road to Varanges, before the bridge). Ruined and unfinished, what remained of the building was demolished between 1768 and 1778 on the initiative of the then lord of the castle;lord of the time, Claude Fyot de Mimeure, and the stones served bientôt à the construction of several new houses of Genlis, including the great dwelling of Denis Duborgia.

The construction of the present château, of classical style, between the road to Auxonne and the Norges, was undertaken in 1680 by the new lord, Nicolas Valon, who built the ground floor, the floor being raised in 1742 by his grandson, Richard Fyot de Mimeure. The facade was built around a courtyard whose access was closed by a gate. A vast park with gardens stretched along the sides of the building and all the way back to the Norges River. The property remained in the patrimony of the Fyot de Mimeure and their heirs until the Second World War, when it was seriously damaged: the castle was destroyed during the German occupation; soon sold to a private individual, it was bought by the municipality in 1969 which proceeded to the renovation of the building; the development of a parking lot on the front in 1978 (the entrance gate was then removed) and the renovation of the roofs (1986) and windows (1996 1998).

The building, somewhat restructured in its interiors, has housed since 1994, in the former outbuildings, a day hospital.