Palais Idéal

Ferdinand Cheval (French pronunciation: [fɛʁdinɑ̃ ʃəval]; 19 April 1836 – 19 August 1924), often nicknamed Facteur Cheval ("Mail Carrier Cheval") was a French mail carrier who spent 33 years building Le Palais idéal (the "Ideal Palace") in Hauterives, in southeastern France. It is regarded as an extraordinary example of naïve art architecture.

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Palais Idéal ranks #2,453 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #181 of the 276 mapped in France. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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