Another Jean de Voisines, master builder, commanded the artillery of the Langrois at the siege of Choiseul.
On May 16, 1593, the corporation of the masons of Langres, of which Nicolas Ribonnier was a member, modified its statutes, allowing it to become a nursery of architects.
[6] In 1563, Gaspard de Saulx-Tavannes undertook to build a new castle within the walls of the old Château du Pailly [fr] located two leagues from Langres, while retaining the keep.
According to Jean de Saulx [fr], viscount of Tavannes, the castle was finished in 1620, but only the main façade received a decoration.
In his thesis, Benoît Peaucelle wrote about the château de Pailly: We have not been able to rigorously demonstrate that Nicolas Ribonnier was the architect, despite the intimate conviction that we have by dint of comparinf the Pailly style with the different contemporary regional and national styles.
On the other hand, we have confirmed that Nicolas Ribonnier is the author of the Château de Sully and that he deserves, if only by the attribution of this one marvel, to belong to history.