It does feel like no expense was spared in building this fabulous house. Other features of the chateau are a central staircase made of stone, iron railings, Delft tiles in the bathroom, and a host of elaborate marble fireplaces throughout the home. Or, maybe the occupants wanted to be extra warm in the winter. Perhaps it was cheaper to add the stoves than to repair decrepit chimneys. Despite the many marble fireplaces lined in decorative iron panels, many of the rooms feature upright stoves with curlicue exhaust pipes that are unlike any normal stoves. There is a very quirky trait that many of the rooms share. Deer, geese, and other animals are around every corner. One aspect of the chateau that is shared with a lot of historic country houses across Europe is the numerous pieces of taxidermy all across the home. Chateau Sarco is a relatively modern 1920s French castle. An abandoned castle in France in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in which resides an immense and powerful beauty. Can you spot the secret door in the photo below? Via/ YouTube The rolling countryside of France is a treasure trove of abandoned chateaus. These doors were often used by servants, but the family would have used them as well. These doors have minimal hardware and are meant to blend in with their surroundings- if not completely disappear entirely. Like many other buildings of its age and size in Europe, this chateau has “secret” portals called jib doors. It is not known what happened to the family, as they are reported to have just up and left one day, their possessions still in place. For generations the family lived there, keeping the look of many of the rooms much the same as they had been throughout history. Their fortunes changed and they were able to build an amazing chateau with the profits. While the family started out with little, they soon found themselves exporting precious French wine to other parts of Europe for a premium fee. The family was from Austria originally and moved to France in 1820. Urban explorers, the Bros of Decay, who filmed the interior of the chateau, did some research and discovered that the property once belonged to the Gerardi family.
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While there aren’t broken windows and collapsing structures, there is a lot of stuff in the home- perhaps owing to generations of people having lived there and not throwing too much away. Unlike many abandoned houses, this one is not covered in filth or graffiti and it looks like the people who lived there took care of the property the best they could. While there are signs of life in the more recent past (a boombox and a toy tractor are two notable examples) many of the rooms have the distinct appearance of age. The combined effect is like falling through time, grabbing a little bit of each era along the way. When thinking about buying an authentic chateau, the first thought that comes to mind usually is a gorgeous, dreamlike French castle. What’s really interesting is that many of the decor elements blend together late 18th century style (the Louis XVI chairs) with Victorian (like the carved wooden beds) and even Art Deco aspects (like scatter rugs and wallpapers).
Case in point is this French chateau which has been lingering in darkness for about 5 years or so.
But, what happens when said building has an incredibly long history? Well, in that case you might end up with more of a time capsule to an era long ago.
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Okuda painted two large-scale geometric skulls across the castle’s white facade, and added colorful polka dots and paint accents to the remaining blank surfaces. On September 1, according to deMilked, 100 other street artists will join Okuda in giving the 100,000-plus square foot castle a full makeover.An abandoned building can function like time a capsule, letting the era in which it was left behind really show through. The mural’s title is Skull in the Mirror. According to Konbini, its vivid makeover was officially completed on July 7, to promote LaBel Valette, a French street art festival that will take place in September. For one of his latest projects, Okuda has transformed an abandoned 19th-century chateau in France’s Loire Valley into a pop art paradise, deMilked reports.īefore Okuda gave it a facelift, the crumbling chateau-which, in later years, also served as a school-had been abandoned for 30 years. Spanish street artist Okuda San Miguel-who simply goes by the name Okuda-is known for creating prismatic, geometric murals that cover abandoned historic churches, city streets, high-rises, and the sides of trucks and trains.
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