Château de Bresse-sur-Grosne, Medieval castle in Bresse-sur-Grosne, France

Château de Bresse-sur-Grosne has a central body flanked by two wings set at right angles, the fourth side demolished to open a courtyard onto the park. The east wing holds the keep, a drawbridge entrance and a 19th-century southern extension, with a turret against the keep and a round tower at the northwest corner. The west wing links an older section through a 19th-century block with neo-Renaissance decoration. The moats and drawbridge no longer survive.

The castle is first documented in a bull of Pope Alexander III in 1180, when it belonged to the Brecis or Bressis family. Around 1450 it passed by marriage to the Palatin de Dyo of Charolais; in 1617 it was sold to the Cistercian monks of La Ferté Abbey, who planted vineyards and built the farm buildings, and the family recovered it in 1689. In 1769 it was sold to Philibert Chiquet of Chalon, whose descendant Claudine-Marguerite brought it by marriage to the Murard de Saint-Romain family, which still owns it; restoration was entrusted to the Paris architect Sanson in 1870.

The castle keeps a 12th-century chapel, the oldest surviving element of the site. The estate's name comes from the Brecis or Bressis family, who held it from the late 12th century. The wine-growing outbuildings date from the 17th century, when Cistercian monks of La Ferté Abbey ran the property.

The castle is private property and closed to visitors, so it cannot be toured inside. A small hotel operates in the historic interiors, and guests stay there rather than visit the monument. The grounds and park are not open to the public either.

The castle is still owned by the Murard de Saint-Romain family, who received it through Claudine-Marguerite Chiquet's marriage after her great-uncle Philibert Chiquet bequeathed it to her in 1799. A small hotel now occupies rooms in the old interiors, though the castle itself stays closed to visitors.