2023-08-28 17:00:00
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A SUMMER AT THE CHÂTEAU 5/5 – From 1733 to 1788, the father of the Natural History Museum transformed the castle of the Dukes of Burgundy into a veritable scientific laboratory…
By Baudouin Eschapasse It was in the former castle of the lords of Montbard, founded in the 11th century, that Buffon moved in 1733. © DR Published on 08/28/2023 at 17:00
Arranged at the end of the garden of the Château de Montbard, in Burgundy, the office resembles an observatory. Dominating a succession of thirteen terraced gardens, it offers a panoramic view of the surroundings. On the walls of this amazing cell are hung hundreds of engravings representing as many varieties of birds and mammals. Through the large windows overlooking the valley, the gaze can wander over the immense domain of the lord of the place: green hillsides and immense forests of pines, plane trees, sycamores and hornbeams. Welcome to the lands of George-Louis Leclerc, better known as Buffon!
It is here that the steward of the King’s Garden and the Cabinet of Curiosities of Louis XV wrote his work. It is within these walls that the scholar has passed, it is said, until…
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