Thunder, Burgundy 89700

In Burgundy, in Tonnerre, on the banks of a side channel of the Armançon, an elegant 18th-century mansion classified as a historic monument. Located on the main street of the town of Tonnerre, near the Marguerite de Bourgogne hospices, the mansion opens through an imposing porch whose carriage door is operated by a mechanism of wrought iron unchanged since its construction. Formerly owned by the sister of Charles d'Éon de Beaumont, known as the Chevalier d'Éon, ambassador in the service of Louis XV, it consists of two symmetrical pavilions without a central body. The roofs and facades, listed as historic monuments, have been recently restored. While the elevations, plastered and simple, punctuated by bays with lowered or straight arches, and small wood joinery, mark the 18th century, the roofs made of small regional flat tiles, with three or four slopes and coyaux, along with their stone dormers with lowered arches are particularly characteristic of local architecture. Finally, the park, shaded by ancient oaks and plane trees, extends to the banks of the side channel of the Armançon, offering the absolute calm of nature in the heart of the city.