Restoration of an Abandoned Round Castle. Tour with its Owner.
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- čas přidán 9. 07. 2024
- The Château de Meauce was purchased in 2016 by Cédric Mignon and his wife Séverine.Abandoned for 150 years, this castle located in Nièvre (near Nevers) is being reborn from its ashes, thanks to the relentlessness and dedication of this passionate couple.
Supported by an army of volunteers and numerous artisans, supported and advised by public institutions (Ministry of Culture, DRAC aka the Regional Cultural Affairs Department, etc.) and by lovers of old stones (crowdfunding), they are succeeding in their bet : give new life to this “sleeping beauty”.
In this video, you will discover the history and interior of this castle, as well as the restoration work (completed, in progress and to come), with the best possible guide: its owner.
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What a beautiful Château! So glad your passions won out and you uncovered all the coats of arms of the married women there. How fun!
Thank you for the tour of your castle. It is a very interesting historical building. Without your impute this beautiful building would have been lost. I thank you.
Its good that there are people like you, with the will, the vision and the patience to take on these castle restorations. We hope Chateau de Meauce will now last another 700 years or more❤
Nice to see these Châteaus restored in a very sensible way and not get lost in ruin.
OUTSTANDING renovation work . Very smart problem solving . I love how deeply committed you are to the integrity of the château. BRAVO.
How clever, pragmatic, and determined. Those women worked VERY hard to keep the chateau. My hat off to them. I'm so grateful you are fighting to protect and restore it, both the ancient and the recent. This is a wonderful glimpse into the past that deserves to survive and be known.
Love this sweet, unique cheatau. Enjoyed its history, your efforts, and fight with the France historical dept .. love the scalped wood, the attics that looked cavernous and round courtyard. The neat 14th century roofline into the slate covered other section ..
What a dedicated team to restore this wonderful historical site .. 👏
Bravo on all your efforts
I am so amazed at how you can uncover the painted coat of arms and the bit fireplace that was covered in plaster . It is so gorgeous . You are a true custodian of history
Absolutely love your method of reconstruction and salvaging the history‼️🤩
I'm so happy that I found your channel or it found me! ❤
What a little gem of a château!
Thank you for bringing us along for the visit!
Thank you for releasing a video in English 😊.
I'm just a beginner in French so its difficult for me to understand.
You're welcome ! Hope it helps.
I really enjoy your vision for this beautiful chateaux. You have done a wonderful job and I feel have truly accomplished your aim. Your architect is brilliant.
Alors! That's one massive undertaking. You've accomplished so much already. Bravo, Monsieur!👏
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We love the way you have handled your restoration! Congratulations on a job well done 😊
Love this castle.
That was so interesting. Thank you🇬🇧
Thank you for watching! 🙏
Thank you for doing this in English ❤
Being saved by you and volunteers has breathed new life into this chateau for generations to come..
Unbelievable challenges dealt with patience and hard work..❤
Beautiful Chateau, i am glad u fought to keep the original unique parts of the building ❤
This is my most favorite chateau yet! That first bedroom took my breath away as did the roof structure. Very impressed and in awe with the owners taste and perseverance to restore the chateau.
I would absolutely love to do this! However at 79, my ability to walk unassisted is not up to the challenge. Fifty-one years ago, in the Spring, I spent 8 weeks in Greece, Turkey and Israel, visiting archaeological sites and ancient cities. It was a wonderful experience. I'll have to enjoy Algeria from afar. Have a great time!
I love the efforts you put into preservation and restoration. I especiallty love the blue-gray color you have used throughout the house; it complements the cream colors of the stone walls, and also ties in with the color of the sky. Beautifully done!
Exquisite Restoration with beautiful respect for the past.
Beautiful chateau! Wonderful restoration.
Magnifique restauation! Bravo, Monsieur et Mmadame Ignon!
Congratulations for such an impressive work and great results. Your contribution to enhancing France's treasures and historical beauties in invaluable.
Très beau château!❤(Osvaldo Cruz-SP-Brasil)
Amazing building and fascinating history! Watching from Tasmania, Australia 😊
❤❤ absolutely beautiful. Thank you
What an outstanding job you have done! I particularly like the “torch” wall lighting you have used. Hats off to you from the USA.
What an amazing architectural masterpiece this is. One has to marvel at the superb skills of the craftspeople who build this structure. So beautiful.
Very nicely done. Preserving but not mimicking the old.
And show the best what's left side by side works well because of the modern interior.
Incredible
That place is so special. wow, the history.
Fabuloso inspiring,I hope the presenters will do a up date on developments , look forward to seeing the restored dove cote .
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Beautiful work -
This chateau/castle is stunning and oh if walls could show you the important events like the painting of the coat of arms and the adding of the spurs to the fireplace mantle
Reminds me of the drawings of the Globe Theater in London, where Wm Shakespeare had his plays presented, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth l. ❤❤❤
very nice but looks very costly to maintain. great work though. cheers for the video.
Wow, how exciting to uncover these magnificent details. Thank you for sharing this amazing story! ❤️
Use the large barn to create exclusive hotel rooms, this could pay for the castle partially, and charge a small free to visit outside guests. Create a stable with horses and do rental / horse back rides on the property. Do medieval festival with old trades and charge the stand holders. Use a piece of land to grow authentic crops, sell those use the kitchen to make and sell "castle pie" or "castle bread" or whatever is the tradition in the area . just a few
Love all these ideas! And please please more videos of everything you are doing! Some daily youtube channels make a great deal of money, albeit mostly by advertising. Daily tours of the grounds during the changing seasons, restoration work of course, and even maintenance of such a marvelous property would no doubt be welcomed and valued by the global community. Wishing Treasures to Everyone who contributed to this passionate dream of honoring the past and reclaiming beauty for the future.
TY for reposting. 😊
That is a mind-blowing place
Beautiful!
Bravo, incredible what you have achieved! What an awesome place!
Great work, thank-you merci for sharing
grand ce chateau et jolie brvo a vous 🌹💐
I really appreciate what he sought to do, to preserve the layers of history of the chateau. It's not an 18th century building, so why not its evolution? The platform is brilliant but seems like a potential trip hazard. I think thin columns would make the platform more obvious.
😮gorgeous 🌟
This was a really interesting video. I enjoyed it immensely. I'll definitely send it to my ex-wife. She'll love it like I do :) Fantastic job on the restoration. Hope to see more progress videos in the future.
Nice goin m8, really glad you were able to win your fights with bureaucrat and polyshituns.
that is just beautiful
French bureaucracy sounds exhausting! I hope they at least provided some state funding in exchange for all their "input." Glad you held firm and got her done!
Anazing and beautiful ❤❤❤❤🎉🎉😊
Why would the French government have any problem with anything you do since they were quite happy to stand by and watch that beautiful building crumbled to dust... Until you came along and invested your time and money.
TAXES paid to French officials empower them with control over the people who paid the TAXES
Communists destroy?
Here, here well said.
It's different in Europe. Governments and officials have great deal of authority on cultural heritage no matter who owns the place. It's not about taxes.
Some call it communism.
"Authority" tells you what to do with your property.
I most certainly appreciate you saving this unique manor. And thankfully you are endeavoring to keep a fair portion of it as original as possible. I must say though, I absolutely loathe your modern interjections. When the ancient and the modern collides, it only becomes a giant wreck.
I bet that cost 15 or 20 bucks to fix.... But really, this is awesome what this man has done. Good on him...
The French government is so particular when it comes to restoration of chateau, they want to have a say in the restoration but never bothered to restore them to preserve the history of France.
Very interesting.
14:24 beautiful castle, hate the walls
Contemporary art show in the grounds, fashion shoots/shows. Craft fairs, sculpture symposia, film shoot location, outside theatre productions…
It's amazing to me that the authorities wouldn't want them to restore features from the 13th century when it's still there ready for conservation.
I guess the idea is that architecture from the 18th century is more technically stable, both in age and construct. It would be hard to sell a wood and plaster house from the 16th century as a safe living space.
Очень интересно.
Much thanks for preserving history.
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Love to see some Google Street view for this, I could take an arm chair tour from over 7000 kilometers away. Help to make the Château come alive.😃
There lives a loony with a tooney, and a bannister with a pinner, the towers getting thinner, the joker is the winner, these rooms are full, the place is round, the screams are loud, and theater proud.
I prefer the stronghold castles of medieval Europe over the aristocratic chateaus of France, but both are very beautiful in their own unique way
There are also fortresses and medieval castles in France. Have a look to the château de Mauvezin for instance.
Thank you for the English translation! Sorry for my ignorance but why are there holes all over the walls?
With the doors! It should have been open! For the very reason stated! If a chatue needs renovated it should be made to show all the year!
Where do people find all these abandoned properties and then gain ownership ?
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What a gorgeous building, and what an outstanding and sympathetic restoration. Amazing how controlling the authorities are - I'm all for the protection of historic buildings, but this absurd insistence that the restoration must be to the 17th c condition seems absurd and reductive.
I'd love to know what this cost all in. House plus restoration...
так это же замок мой
Is this wine or grape growing country?
It is amazing to see so much history that is sitting around rotting away in the EU. Why do people just ignore it?
I have seen great old homes sitting with the original furniture inside that is hundreds of years old….abandoned!!! They contain historical documents of the original family and of the people that surrounded the great mansion. It is difficult to understand why the people of France and other EU countries just ignore the fact that their history is decaying around them. It seems as though the EU bureaucrats would rather see the history of Europe just disappear as they create the culture that they believe is better.
Everyone can learn from history and should have the right to decide for themselves if they accept or reject the past. The past is the past. Most people want the truth! There are always people who try to rewrite history or make it disappear. No one should be allowed to do that.
Why are they modernizing this beautiful castle? I don’t like modern furnishings in an ancient building. Sure you need electricity and plumbing but that can be done very discreetly. There are enough old mansions and chateaus sitting around full of very old antiques to be able to fill that building with and more. The massive amount of wood furniture being wasted away is outrageous. It could be refinished if need be although much of what I have seen needs very little restoration. That would draw people! An ancient castle with beautiful old furniture is what people want to see. Who is going to pay to see a castle restored to look like a modern building that anyone can go to? Not me.
He must be quite rich. I don‘t want to know how much money it costs to renovate such a chateaux…
I hear this story over and over again how difficult it is to work with the French ministry - you’d think they’d pull their heads out.
I suggest that you add your own marks somewhere in the chateau. It would add to the history.
It's obviously not been kept in the same family for all these years. The government themselves were the ones to brick up that beautiful entrance. There are probably photos of it in the 1850s showing it more beautiful then it is today.
Bonjour, maintenant tout en anglais, même pas de sous-titres en français. On a honte de notre patrimoine qui, entre parenthèse, est français ? Quand va-t-on enfin relever la tête !!!
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having to argue with a ministry of culture to restore your property is insane..what rubbish