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One person built this entire building by hand, and it took him 33 years.
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time2lose lemmy.world time2lose@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-08-21
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unitedwithme lemmy.today unitedwithme@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-04-09
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Ouch, no link?

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otto_kartoffelsaft slrpnk.net otto_kartoffelsaft@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2026-08-11
#3 · (edited) Quote Reply

Ouch, no link?

Looks like Le Palais idéal

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Sergio piefed.social Sergio@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-08-01
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Looks like Le Palais idéal

Really interesting story.

Just before his death, Cheval received recognition from figures including André Breton, Robert Doisneau, and Pablo Picasso.[10] His work is commemorated in an essay by Anaïs Nin. In 1932, the German artist Max Ernst created a collage titled The Postman Cheval. ... In 1969, André Malraux, the minister of Culture, declared the Palais a cultural landmark and had it officially protected.

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atomicbocks sh.itjust.works atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-02-16
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Ouch, no link?

Too much to ask from the Reddit repost bots.

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OrnithoPiccoloElastibus lemmy.world ornithopiccoloelastibus@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-07-14
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Looks like Le Palais idéal

It is. Built by a postman called Mr Cheval (means "horse") who picked up stones each day while delivering mail by foot, then went crazy about building this. The guy was persevering for sure. Truly unique "palace" indeed, you won't see that anywhere else.

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Artisian lemmy.world Artisian@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-20
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I absolutely need a banana for scale.

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RememberTheApollo_ lemmy.world RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-26
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Ouch. Poor guy. All his kids, his first and second wives all died.

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time2lose lemmy.world time2lose@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-08-21
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Too much to ask from the Reddit repost bots.

not that I would care either way even if I would really be a bot

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atomicbocks sh.itjust.works atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-02-16
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not that I would care either way even if I would really be a bot

Of course not, why care about posting quality content?

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Fallibilist feddit.uk Fallibilist@feddit.uk
Joined: 2026-09-15
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This one too was built by one guy.

Bishop Castle

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time2lose lemmy.world time2lose@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-08-21
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Of course not, why care about posting quality content?

reddit agents be complaining about quality content, ofc they would rather there be no-content on lemmy

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atomicbocks sh.itjust.works atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-02-16
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reddit agents be complaining about quality content, ofc they would rather there be no-content on lemmy

You need to mature past black and white thinking, it’s very limiting.

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