Château de Vauban, Medieval fortress in Bazoches, France.

The Château de Vauban is a 12th-century maison-forte in the hamlet of Vauban, in Bazoches. The pale grey-beige stone building has a central block with three storeys and round towers with conical dark roofs at the left and right corners. The central block has tall windows with white shutters on the lowest level, rectangular windows with white shutters on the middle level, and small square windows under a steep dark roof with dormers and chimneys. A white metal gate in front bears a blue sign reading "PROPRIETE PRIVEE".

The maison-forte was built in the 12th century to watch the road from Vézelay to Lormes. In 1284 one of the two Champignolle fiefs was sold to Jean de Bazoches; from 1403 to 1486 it belonged to the Maison de Champignolle. In 1548 Emery Le Prestre, squire and castellan of Bazoches, bought the fief with its feudal rights and took the name Le Prestre de Vauban in 1558. In 1684 Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban bought the land from Antoine de Vauban for 4,700 livres and added it to Bazoches.

The name Vauban comes from the hamlet in Bazoches where the fortified house stands. Emery Le Prestre, squire and castellan of Bazoches, bought the Vauban fief in 1548 and took the name Le Prestre de Vauban in 1558, a name his descendants kept. The site is private and not open to visitors.

The building is a private maison-forte, not open to visitors: a white metal gate at the front carries a blue sign reading "PROPRIETE PRIVEE". The site stands in the hamlet of Vauban, in the commune of Bazoches in the Morvan, and is seen from the surrounding lane. Do not enter the grounds or approach the towers.

Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban bought the Vauban estate from Antoine de Vauban in 1684 for 4,700 livres and added it to Bazoches, which he had held since 1675. The site is a private maison-forte, marked by a white gate with a blue "PROPRIETE PRIVEE" sign.