Le kiosque et la roseraie d’Is-sur-Tille

After the death of her husband in 1846, Countess Mélanie Charbonnel undertook major improvements to the Château grounds. Among other things, she had the pergola built to extend the Hôtel Lenoncourt, to be used as a rose garden. She also added the kiosk, a decorative architectural feature typical of 19th-century gardens. The original purpose of the kiosk is unknown and intriguing. The plaque above the entrance to the gazebo reads: "Pavillon de maman - 5 sept. 1861".
The rose garden and gazebo were part of the Château. The Château is now the headquarters of the Communauté de Communes.
To mark the restoration of the rose garden in 2022, the town council wanted to create a rose in the image of the town, the Belle Issoise.

During the renovation of the interior walls of the kiosk, old wall paintings were discovered. They depict two pairs of Legion of Honour palms, tied with Republican cockades, symmetrically distributed over the two facings with no windows. The paintings were restored by Anne Gérard-Bendele, a restorer and graduate of the INP-IFROA (Institut national du patrimoine - Institut français de restauration des œuvres d'art).

Countess Mélanie Charbonnel probably commissioned these decorations as a tribute to her husband, General Joseph Claude Marie Charbonnel, and her father, General Charles Étienne César Gudin, both Grand Crosses of the Legion of Honour. The cockade symbol may recall their membership of Napoleon's army. The date of completion of this work can be estimated at between 1847 and 1871 (between the years following the death of General Charbonnel and the death of Countess Mélanie Charbonnel).