The house
 Our property is an old farm house in the
Bresse region. It has four rooms (living room also used as the
entrance), a dining room with an American kitchen, a bedroom, a bathroom
and a study.
We have built the three guest rooms on the
ground floor and one on the top floor in the old barn and sheepfold
adjoined to the house.
There is a veranda all along the terrace.
The village of Montcony
The Montcony
district : at an altitude of 206 m and an
area of 1074 hectares, Montcony has a population of approximately 240
inhabitants.
General history.
The old “Mons Siconis”
The lords became renowned during the reigns of Louis XI and in the 17th
century.
Features
The
castle: a private estate is unfortunately not open for visits
The 13th century castle of Montcony was altered in the 15th century.
Around 1870, the dwelling was further altered by the Swiss architect
Charles Suisse.
It currently occupies a terrace surrounded
by moats with four large, round, brick towers stationed around it. The
two north towers surround a rectangular main building, completed in the
south by two perpendicular wings.
In the south-west tower is enclosed a 18th century chapel
with its altar, retable and panellings.
The
main living room
is adorned with beginning of 19th
century panelling and a cabinet is fitted into the inside wall of the
tower and is decorated with wall paper. The estate comprises a main
building, a barn, a farm with houses and a well. The building is made
with bricks from the Bresse region.
The castle was designated an historic monument in 1993.
The
18th century church of Moulins de Romain et de la Boissine.
Sites
Green landscape of the Bresse Louhan region.
The river Seille.
The forest of la Chaux
Resources and local produce
Pastures, mixed farming.
Cattle, pigs
Local life
Local festival :15th August
Fishing, hunting
Rural craft industry
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