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Stéphen-Liégeard is a French high school located in Brochon, Côte-d'Or, Burgundy. It opened in 1962 and some of its facilities are situated in the Château of Brochon, built by Stéphen Liégeard.
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The facilities
This neorenaissance château was built from 1895 to 1899 by Stéphen Liégeard on the model of several châteaux of the Loire Valley, particularly the Château of Azay-le-Rideau. Stéphen Liégeard had a son, Gaston Liégeard, who died in 1953, a childless bachelor. He left the château to his nephew who refused the inheritance; neither did the City of Dijon and the Conseil Général of Côte d'Or accept the building, so the château became the property of the French State, which decided to build a high school on the estate. Today, the lot is composed of the château, the park, a modern teaching building adjoining the boarding part of the school, and a few annexes.
The château used to house a canteen and now houses the female dormitories. Some of its rooms are also used for electives such as drama, art, and music. A former teaching building now houses the infirmary.
The modern premises, which were built in 1962 along the Route des Grands Crus, are composed as follows :
- the basement which contains 5 classrooms.
- the ground floor with 3 computer rooms, 3 offices and the high school library.
- 3 other floors, which are each composed of 12 classrooms.
- an administrative building.
- co-educational boarding houses which contain 135 places in 2014.
- a self-service restaurant.
- The “Maison des Lycéens” which adjoins those buildings is a place where the students can spend their free time.
The 12-acre park, whose principal entrance is guarded by the concierge’s lodge neighboring a little garage, has partly kept its initial design. It includes a rose garden and the Crébillon Pavilion. At its end are the gymnasium and the P.E. grounds. The greenhouse and the vegetable garden disappeared when the new facilities were built. There used to be an orangery and a plantation of fig trees where the administrative building now stands.
High school history
The high school today
The high school currently offers the following courses :
The high school also offers electives such as :
The Friends of the Château Stéphen Liégeard of Brochon
Founded in 1994, this non-profit organization aims to promote the knowledge of this Burgundian piece of heritage and to carry out researches on the Liégeard family. It celebrated the centenary of the Château in 1998. In partnership with the Conseil Régional of Burgundy, Stéphen Liégeard High School and the town of Brochon, this society organizes guided tours of the Château and the park every summer.