Château de Gilly - History of the Château

A little history

Originally a Benedictine Priory under the rule of Germain, Bishop of Paris, Gilly was much later sold to the Cistercians.

In the 16 th century, Nicolas Boucherat II, the 51 st Abbot of Cîteaux, decided to make it a house of relaxation. Pierre de Nivelle, who succeeded him in 1625, continued the work of embellishment with good taste and to him we owe in particular the current coat of arms of the "Château de Gilly" which was part of his own coat of arms. However, he did not transform the utilitarian rooms, such as the kitchen or the storeroom (now the drawing room and restaurant) which has retained their Cistercian strictness.

The French Revolution upset all of this and on 14 May 1790, the properties of the Cistercian monks were declared "public property".

A succession of owners followed, installing farmers and workers in the former home of the abbots, until the department of the Côte-d'Or purchased it to turn it into the "Château-théâtre de Gilly-les-Cîteaux", inaugurated in January 1978.