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The Pyramid Mansion
It is by a rainy morning that we reach the edge of the cliff where this curious mansion is hidden. We arrive in front of a small gate, a very strange symbol calls out our attention. A small triangle is engraved in the stone of the wall, without any other indications. No name, or even the remains of a letterbox, just this little gate, and a small path leading into the forest. After a short walk, we arrive at the height of the strange building and immediately understand that the symbol on the portal referred to the strange pyramidal shape of the mansion. The panorama is breathtaking: built on the…
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Rapunzel’s Castle
This castle is in itself the perfect representation of the French decadence concerning its heritage, which has been taking place for years. In other words, the abandonment and grotesque modifications of historical buildings in the most total indifference. Of medieval origin, of military and defensive vocation, the building was, over the years, modified, destroyed, and reduced to the simple state of farm. Only the main tower, 25 meters high and amusingly reminiscent of the tower from the Rapunzel tale, testifies to the former prestige of the place. The rest of the building seems to have been annexed without taste, and seen from afar, the agricultural complex looks more like an…
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The Cupbearer’s Ruins
Lurking deep in the woods, lay hidden the gothic ruins of this mysterious castle of medieval origin… Built around the 1400s by a famous cupbearer of the King of France, it was, over the centuries, acquired by many families and owners, but the castle was recognized as a ruin at the end of the 1700s, and gradually became a stone quarry used for the construction of houses in the region. The exploration is quickly done: only two towers still stand, overgrown with vegetation and hidden by the thick trees that have grown all around. But as surprising as it may seem, the thickness of the walls and the quality of…