--- title: "Château de Montmusard, Dijon: History and Architecture" description: "One wing survives of the domed goût grec house built from 1765 to plans by Charles De Wailly. Not open, in east Dijon, private driver from Beaune." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-montmusard lang: en updated: 2026-09-29 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/chateaux/chateau-de-montmusard.png --- # Château de Montmusard > Château de Montmusard: the surviving wing of a daring neoclassical pleasure house designed by Charles De Wailly. Château de Montmusard is in Dijon (Côte-d'Or), 45 min by road (49 km) from Beaune. Private, seen from outside · 18th century (1765 to 1769) · Private driver from Beaune: €120 one way for the whole car, up to 4 guests. In the east of Dijon, beside a school, survives part of the Château de Montmusard, a landmark of the early neoclassical goût grec in France. It was built from 1765 for Jean-Philippe Fyot de La Marche, first president of the Parlement of Burgundy, to plans by the Paris architect Charles De Wailly. ## Key facts - Type: Classical château - Location: 35 km north-east of Beaune · Côte-d'Or - Coordinates: 47.3247, 5.0593 - 45 min from Beaune - Private, seen from outside - 18th century (1765 to 1769) - Commune: [Dijon · Côte-d'Or](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/dijon) - Style: Early neoclassical (goût grec) - Heritage: Registered historic monument - From Beaune: ≈ 45 min · 49 km - €120 one way from Beaune with a [private driver](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver) - Or add it to our [full-day wine tour, €560](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/full-day). ## Getting there - [Private driver from Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver): 45 min by road (49 km), €120 one way for the whole car. Coming by train or plane? [Transfers from stations and airports](https://www.cote-privee.com/transfers) Estimates per vehicle for up to 4 guests, tolls included. Your price is confirmed when you book. ## History The Fyot family bought Montmusard in 1639 and enlarged it over four generations. Claude-Philibert Fyot de La Marche created remarkable formal gardens and, in 1748, a kiosk with a flying table. His son Jean-Philippe laid the first stone of a new château in July 1765, following plans drawn by Charles De Wailly in 1763. The work seems to have been finished in 1769. The cost ruined the owner. He resigned his office in 1772 and died that year, and the estate was sold. A later owner turned the park into farmland and dismantled much of the building, although some historians argue it was never completed. From 1867 the grounds were divided up, and in 1933 Dijon bought 45 hectares for a sports park. Only one wing survives, on less than three hectares. ## Architecture De Wailly's design was bold. Its heart was a circular domed salon, reached through a colonnaded peristyle adorned with statues by François Attiret of the four seasons and two Muses, with reliefs after drawings by François Devosge. Two large paintings by Jean-Baptiste Lallemand depict the château and its park. The surviving wing keeps decoration of the same quality as the rest of the original building. ## Visiting What remains of Montmusard is private and stands beside the buildings of the Saint-Dominique school, on Rue Claude Bouchu, so it cannot be visited. To imagine the château in its glory, look for Lallemand's view of Montmusard, which belongs to the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon. Check the museum's website for opening times. ## Did you know? In 1748 the park's kiosk had a flying table: a mechanism raised a fully laid table from the kitchens below, so guests could dine without servants in the room. ## Around Château de Montmusard What to combine with Château de Montmusard on the same day, nearest first. ### Villages - [Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/dijon) (1 km away): Burgundy's historic capital, city of the Valois dukes and northern gateway to the Route des Grands Crus. - [Marsannay-la-Côte](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/marsannay-la-cote) (8 km away): Gateway to the Côte de Nuits and Burgundy's only village appellation making red, white and rosé. - [Fixin](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/fixin) (11 km away): A quiet wine village with Napoleon in the woods, a Romanesque church in the vines and firm reds. ### Châteaux - [Château de Fontaine-lès-Dijon (Maison natale de saint Bernard)](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-fontaine-les-dijon), 4 km away: The hilltop birthplace of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, overlooking Dijon. - [Château de Vantoux](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-vantoux) (8 km away): An early 18th-century château north of Dijon, built for a first president of the Parlement. - [Château de Marsannay](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-marsannay) (9 km away): A modern wine château at the northern gateway to the Côte de Nuits. ### Things to do - [Monument à Sadi Carnot](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/monument-sadi-carnot-dijon) (1 km away): A marble and bronze memorial of 1899 to the assassinated President Sadi Carnot, rising from the fountains of Place de la République. - [Saint-Michel Church, Dijon (Église Saint-Michel de Dijon)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/eglise-saint-michel-dijon), 1 km away: A late Gothic church behind a Renaissance façade with classical orders stacked one above another. - [François Rude Museum (Musée François Rude)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/musee-rude), 1 km away: A full-size cast of the Marseillaise from the Arc de Triomphe, inside a former Dijon church. ### Restaurants - [L’Aspérule](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/l-asperule-dijon) (1 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): Keigo Kimura's intimate Dijon dining room: French technique, Japanese restraint - [CIBO](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/cibo-dijon) (1 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A starred table in old Dijon that sources everything within 200 kilometres - [La Maison des Cariatides](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/la-maison-des-cariatides-dijon) (1 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A chef couple from Le Bristol regains a star behind one of Dijon's most ornate Renaissance façades ### Events - **Saturday, 10 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Show les papilles](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/show-les-papilles-dijon): Dijon's free festival of taste at the Cité internationale de la gastronomie et du vin. (Food & markets · Dijon) - **Sunday, 11 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Marathon des Grands Crus](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/marathon-des-grands-crus): A marathon on the closed Route des Grands Crus, from Dijon to the Clos de Vougeot and back. (Sport · Dijon) - **Friday 23 – Sunday 25 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Salon des Vignerons Indépendants de Bourgogne et du Jura](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/salon-vignerons-independants-dijon): Some sixty independent growers from Burgundy and the Jura pour and sell their wines in Dijon. (Wine festival · Dijon) - **Saturday 31 October – Wednesday 11 November 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Foire internationale et gastronomique de Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/foire-gastronomique-dijon): Burgundy's great food fair, held every autumn in Dijon since 1921. (Food & markets · Dijon) - **Usually from the last Saturday of November to the first Sunday of January.** · [Les Fééries de Noël de Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/feeries-de-noel-dijon): Chalets, vin chaud, an ice rink and a big wheel across the heart of Dijon. (Christmas · Dijon) - **Usually from late November to early December.** · [Les Nuits d’Orient et d’ailleurs](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/nuits-d-orient-et-d-ailleurs-dijon): Dijon's winter festival of music, dance and art from the Orient and beyond. (Culture · Dijon) - **Each year on the weekend after the Saint-Vincent Tournante, usually a Saturday in late January or early February.** · [Saint-Vincent de Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/saint-vincent-de-dijon): Dijon honours the patron saint of winegrowers with a parade and a tasting village. (Tradition · Dijon) - **Usually a weekend in early June.** · [Grand Prix de l’Âge d’Or](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/grand-prix-age-d-or-dijon-prenois): France's oldest historic motor racing meeting, on the hills just outside Dijon. (Sport · Prenois) - **Every Sunday from late June to late September.** · [Le Brunch des Halles](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/brunch-des-halles-dijon): Summer Sunday brunches cooked by local chefs under Dijon's iron market hall. (Food & markets · Dijon) - **Every two years, in even-numbered years; recent editions were held in early July. The next is expected in 2028.** · [Les Fêtes de la Vigne de Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/fetes-de-la-vigne-dijon): Dijon's international folk festival, born in 1946 and held every two years. (Culture · Dijon) - **Friday 27 – Sunday 29 August 2027 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Golden Coast Festival](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/golden-coast-festival-dijon): Three days of French and international rap in a park on the edge of Dijon. (Music · Dijon) - **Usually a Sunday in mid September.** · [Vélotour Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/velotour-dijon): A playful bike ride through Dijon that opens places normally closed to cyclists. (Sport · Dijon) - **Usually the third weekend of September, during the European Heritage Days.** · [Fête de la Pressée](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/fete-de-la-pressee-chenove): The dukes' giant wine presses come back to life in Chenôve's old village. (Tradition · Chenôve) - **Usually the last days of September and the first days of October.** · [Tribu Festival](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/tribu-festival-dijon): Dijon's festival of world music, jazz and adventurous sounds, at the turn of October. (Music · Dijon) ## Questions about Château de Montmusard ### How far is Château de Montmusard from Beaune? Château de Montmusard is about 45 min from Beaune by road (49 km). With a private driver, the trip from Beaune starts at €120 for the whole car, up to 4 guests. ### Can you visit Château de Montmusard? Château de Montmusard is private and not open to visitors. You can see it from the road or the village, and your driver can stop there on the way. ### Can a private driver take us to Château de Montmusard? Yes. Your driver collects you in Beaune or at your hotel in an electric Polestar 2 (up to 4 guests), waits while you visit and plans the rest of the day with you. The driver speaks English, French, Mandarin Chinese and Arabic. → [Full-day wine tour, €560](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/full-day) ## Book - [Book a driver here](https://www.cote-privee.com/book?service=driver&place=chateau:montmusard): €120 one way from Beaune · up to 4 guests ## Sources - --- Canonical page: