A dam on the Réservoir de Chazilly and the neo-Gothic Église Saint-Martin give Chazilly two distinct cultural and historical points of reference. If you are looking for a holiday rental for a stay in Chazilly, you can base your choice of location on specific buildings and their history. Alongside hydraulic engineering, there is a parish church with distinctive features and the surviving wall of the former Chapelle Saint-Lazare. Chazilly thus brings together the history of the Canal de Bourgogne and the history of religious architecture.

Hydraulic engineering at the Réservoir de Chazilly

The dam at the Réservoir de Chazilly was built between 1830 and 1837 to supply the Canal de Bourgogne. It is 536 metres long and 22.50 metres high. The reservoir is one of six that feed the Canal de Bourgogne at the summit level near Pouilly-en-Auxois. The dam is therefore a local structure and also part of a wider system for supplying the canal. The paths along the reservoir and the access roads also have a history of their own: they were laid out in 1856 and 1861. The path network came after the dam was built and represents a later phase of development. Anyone interested in historic infrastructure will find here both a precisely dated structure and its place in the canal’s supply system.

Church and surviving traces

The Église Saint-Martin is a 19th-century neo-Gothic parish church. Neo-Gothic refers to the revival of Gothic forms in the 19th century. Its decorative features include gargoyles and sculptures. The church can therefore be described both by its architectural style and by its specific design elements. Inside are a richly carved pulpit and reproductions of six statues from the Puits de Moïse in Dijon. The reproductions are copies of the statues, not the originals; at the same time, they give the furnishings of the Église Saint-Martin a distinctive connection to the named work in Dijon. The architectural style, sculptural decoration and furnishings offer different ways to explore the parish church.

Only one wall remains of the former Chapelle Saint-Lazare, and it serves as the cemetery’s boundary wall. Chazilly thus brings together two different forms of religious architectural history: the parish church, with its described architecture and furnishings, and the wall as a surviving part of an earlier chapel that now serves as a cemetery boundary. This is a different point of reference from a complete church building.

Two themes to guide your travel plans

When choosing a destination, you can distinguish between two clear themes. The reservoir brings together the supply of the Canal de Bourgogne, the dam and the paths laid out at a later date. At the Église Saint-Martin, the focus is on neo-Gothic architecture and furnishings; the wall of the Chapelle Saint-Lazare adds a surviving historical trace to this picture. If you are looking for a holiday rental, this distinction can help you decide what you would like to focus on during your stay: the history of hydraulic engineering or religious architecture.

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See the regional travel guide: Cote-Dor.