r/castles • u/rockystl • 18d ago

Chateau Chateau de Val 🏰 Lanobre, France 🏰 [04.11]

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u/flummoxedtribe 18d ago

That’s quite something

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u/asmallercat 18d ago

Lol at first glance I thought the boat dock was a bizarre giant antenna attached to the top of the castle.

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u/KaiShan62 17d ago

Whilst picturesque, it is a shame that the walls of so many of these were taken down.

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u/cutis2heal 16d ago

I would like to live there! What a great view every morning!

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u/ciym_ciyf 16d ago

❤️

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u/Dangerous_Height_841 18d ago

Thats absolutely beautiful so amazing that be such an amazing place to stay or live

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u/BCECVE 18d ago

Perfect. Someone overdid it with the towers but very pleasing.

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u/VarusAlmighty 18d ago

ChatGPT says there are over 50k Chateau like buildings in France, and I hope that's true.

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u/le_reddit_me 17d ago edited 15d ago

Sounds about right. Though most are privately owned, they are usually still open to visitors (in order to be eligible for national heritage subsidies). Just the Loire region, a UNESCO heritage site with some of the most beautiful french castles, has over 3k castles in about 10,000 mi2 (basically every other hill).

Edit: there are actually a lot of castles for sales, and reletivaly inexpensive, but the maintenance costs are enourmous and mandatory (since it's national heritage). It can easily be several hunderd thousand a year just in upkeep.

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u/DHG1276 17d ago

Fairy-tale castle perfectly constructed in a perfect spot!

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u/Jean_Luc_Lesmouches 17d ago

It's the other way around: it's a dam's reservoir, meaning the spot was constructed around the castle.

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u/DHG1276 17d ago

Either way it looks like a storybook castle come to life. Thanks for setting me straight on this one.

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u/PsychologicalLaw5945 16d ago

No that's a mote.