Château de Bionnay, Medieval castle in Lacenas, France

Château de Bionnay is a castle built from the 18th through 19th century featuring a U-shaped layout with a central structure and two wings that frame a central courtyard. The grounds include several hectares of gardens arranged in French style with areas dedicated to roses and other plantings.

The Marzé were the first known lords of Bionnay in the first half of the 16th century, followed by the Gaspard family in the second half. The present castle results from major transformations in the 18th and 19th centuries; the main building dates from 1830 and the east wing from the Second Empire. In 1995 Morgane Rousseau created an artist residence, and in 1999 Erick Roizard bought and restored the property, installing a subsidiary that became Les Editions de Bionnay.

The castle is not open to the public, so the artist residence created by Morgane Rousseau in 1995 and the publishing arm Les Editions de Bionnay, installed by Erick Roizard after 1999, are not visitable. What a visitor can see from outside is the U-shaped plan and the 1830 corps de logis with its mullioned windows.

The four-hectare park is open to visitors, while the castle itself is not. The French-style garden, the grotto and the small rose-themed gardens are reached on foot within the grounds. The gardens received the jardin remarquable label in 2011.

The gardens created by owner Erick Roizard received the jardin remarquable label in 2011. They cover four hectares and include a French-style garden, a grotto and small rose-themed gardens. The park is open to visitors even though the castle itself is not.