Château de Grancey, Heritage castle in Grancey-le-Château-Neuvelle, France.

Château de Grancey stands on a rocky spur at the southern end of Grancey-le-Château-Neuvelle. Its 17th-century main building rises above the western wall, while the entrance is through a central gatehouse with a large wooden double door and a drawbridge still in use. The gatehouse and adjoining outbuildings are roofed with glazed tiles in alternating black and yellow chevrons. To the left, the Saint-Jean-Baptiste collegiate church, rebuilt in the 17th century, has a tall spire.

Part of the fortifications dates to the 11th century, and the abbé Courtépée holds that Ponce de Grancey, constable of Burgundy, rebuilt the castle in 1193. In 1433, after Guillaume de Châteauvillain pillaged the abbey of Theuley, a Burgundian army under Jean IV de Vergy besieged the castle, which surrendered in August and was dismantled. The present castle was rebuilt in the 17th century, and the chapel was restored in the 19th century by the architect Sagot, with its stained glass installed in 1880.

The chapel inside the walls is the Collégiale Saint-Jean-Baptiste, founded in 1361 by Eudes de Grancey and approved by Pope Urban V in 1365. Rebuilt in the 17th century, it was restored in the 19th century by the architect Sagot, and its stained glass was installed in 1880. Its choir occupies one of the round turrets on the rampart.

The castle stands on a spur at the southern end of Grancey-le-Château-Neuvelle, separated from the village by a dry moat closed by walls at both ends. The drawbridge at the central gate tower is still in working order. The church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste, rebuilt in the 17th century, has a crypt in the round turret on the curtain wall.

The drawbridge at the tower gate is still in working order, and the gatehouse walls show two grooves cut by its chains. The dry moat is closed off by a wall at each end. The outbuildings are roofed with glazed tiles in black and yellow, matching the chevron pattern seen from the gate.