Exploring an Abandoned Fairy Tale Chateau while Avoiding Alarms
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
- In this episode we're in France to explore a beautiful abandoned chateau that dates back to the 15th century. It was inherited along noble family lines until 2002, when it fell into the hands of investors and ended up in its current neglected state. Now, join us as we venture inside this picturesque estate and discover what remains!
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If I had the money, I’d buy and restore this place. The architecture from centuries past has so much character.
Check out Escape to Rural France and you find some one rebuilt a burn down castle.
As with any piece of rural real estate in France it is not worth the money.
No one is able to contact the owner, thus the continuing decay.
Totally agreed!!!
@@CyberDocUSAso sad
Love how they film lost places before they are lost forever to history
That is what explorers do, they want to document abandoned properties including retail & dying malls that are closing or have shut down before they no longer exist
@@davinp Apart from malls having been part of culture, I always found those extremely boring. Just some empty shops basically.
Places like this will probably last longer than todays builds. These videos are awesome.
agree with you 100%. Theres 2 places they went to in my town and now they are knocked down and gone forever. So it's cool to look back at places I used to go when it was still active.
This is the first video where I felt sad at the building falling apart. That place is full of craftsmanship and history but it's neglected and falling apart.
It's painful to see so many places like this across Europe just slowly falling apart.
There are places all over the UK that are just left to rot when we have a shortfall of housing. I also find it so difficult to see such beautiful places neglected. My dream would be to restore such a place like this but I am a perfectionist and probably would never finish it. Really love the explore
The book that you see at 27:36 is the "HISTORIE DES CONCILES OECUMENIQUES IV" written by "M. LE Professeur Egiste Ceccucci" in 1869 !!!! A copie of this book is still 300 Euro today.
Wow
I always find it strange that so much is left in abandond buildings, there is no money to be made from the building really but just sorting the stuff inside, taking out what is valuable (either money-wise, but certainly historically), seems a logical thing to do.
@@VincentGroenewold Investors are lazy, thats why theyre investors.
@@VincentGroenewoldthe furniture alone would be worth more than the property property is.
Ahahah here I was using one page and apples photo translation app to try and figure out what the book was 😂 after all my investigating I now come to find that someone has already answered for me!
it’s honestly incredible how much remains in the building - the illustration guides, the furniture, the books, even that little crochet cat! everything is so incredibly preserved still despite the looting
Loved the crochet cat.
@@MrPhotodocshe was too cute! ❤☺️
I had to laugh when the old singer sewing machine still seemingly functioned perfectly after sitting in an abandoned building for decades meanwhile mine throws a fit when I have a piece of fabric it doesn’t like
THIS. "There's a small speck of dust within 500 yards of this machine I will now self destruct" 😂😅🫠
"They don't make them like they used too"
@@paulstubbs7678 but for real 😅
@@paulstubbs7678 This one very much being a point-in-case of that too
Those confessionals were there because as a Catholic, you cannot receive communion at mass (a "mass" is the Roman Catholic word for their church service) without confessing your sins to a priest; and it looks like they had a small chapel on the property where mass would be held. The original occupants were likely wealthy landowners who could have priests come to them to hear their confessions and perform mass instead of their having to mingle with the common folk. Another great video, guys! I would never go within 100 yards of that property, yet you both fearlessly made it through nearly every room, even with the fake alarms going off.
I'm 'from the other side', the term 'church service' seems like you want to work on the.... - oh you mean attend a Mass. (the people all aMass together?)
Oh man, seems you guys were there after we visited it in October 2023. It's obvious that the place has deteriorated hard and was ransacked real bad since then. For what it's worth, I'm glad somebody has been trying to protect the place even if it's with superficial equipment. Back then, the living room and library were still packed with furniture, but you guys found it so much emptier!
Could you please put a link to your video here?
I love how respectful you guys are of the places you explore
Honestly, you guys, I don't how you go from one room to another without spending hours reading all the great material each room has to offer. Knowing how I love history, I'd most probably sit my ass down and do searches on all the books, items, furniture pieces, everything! Thank you so very much for making this video! All I want to do is search it's history, who built it, how each room was utilized, etc. etc. Much love from a fan!
No fr! I’d spent hours just fascinated in even being in the same room as some texts decades older than myself. It’s insane to think of all the stories potentially lost in this incredible building :(
Real especially in old hospitals and research facilities I'd get lost in reading documents for hours
Like entering another time, when times were simple... good filming...
That sewing machine has been waiting decades for someone to do that. The typewriter was happy too.
Not from the 1940's though.
@@juliaforsyth8332 I thinks it’s from the 70s
I like how this turned into a sort of "today we take a casual stroll through some lovely woods and meadows, and explore a chateau in our spare time." The surrounding area is really beautiful.
new proper people, that's tonight's primetime entertainment sorted out.
Dam right
You are clearly a man of good taste
I was thinking the same, I like to make popcorn and settle in for a cozy evening for the latest Proper People exploration video.
such a shame to see a beautiful historical home like this go to waste. I would buy it in a heart beat if I had the money and restore it. I'm happy to hear there is a group trying to save it!!
The beds are still made, blinds and shutters on the windows, flowers in vases, books and *throw pillows*... and the whole place is slowly collapsing.
With the furniture everywhere, it's like they barricaded up in some apocalypse then vanished to leave the chateau to rot. Half-expected a plate of moldy food laid out on a table (not counting jars of pickled beans)!
Plus I know that sewing machine... that thing alone is 100 years old, and still runs fine. I guess it wasn't worth looting, so no one touched it. Amazing, honestly.
so much to love about this place. id still be stuck in that first room looking at 1920s illustration. thanks. what a joy
I wish those old magazines could be preserved/digitized for everyone to enjoy. This is where the limits of the "urbex ethos" of leave everything as you find it reaches its limits, imo.
This place looks absolutely stunning! Excited for another set of overseas locations!
What an incredibly beautiful home this must have been back in the 15th century.
Can you just imagine? Wow!
Heads up for future explores, those little white sensor things you saw on the door, may just be screeches, but they can also have a wireless or Bluetooth connection to a central alarm system.
My workplace has this, there's a box in the basement and it calls the cops if one of the sensors is tripped. They're silent sensors, so it doesn't screech, it just quietly calls the cops
You are correct! We have water sensors, door monitors and lights all on its own network similar to Bluetooth/wifi. The cool thing is they will piggyback off each other so you can cover a lot of real estate.
The squeaks of rage from the bats was adorable! Also that building is lovely :D
Yes it was cute. Silly ol things. :) 🥰
There is something so beautiful about decay. If anything, I think those two stained glass windows in the chapel should be preserved at all costs because they are absolutely stunning.
In case anyone is curious as I was: the giant book they found was History of Ecumenical Councils IV, published in 1869
that would be an ecumenical matter
I'm shocked at the difference that two years can make in an abandoned building!! I saw Sam & Jess go to this location and it was about two possibly three years ago and there wasn't any vandalism nor was there any graffiti! The majority of the contents were still there decaying away!
It's atrocious that this magnificent place has ended up like this!!😢
There were also no alarms nor cameras back then also.
One of the coolest places you've ever covered. If I won the lottery, I'd buy that place in an instant and restore it as authentically as possible.
Don't do it. It's a money pit
It's a beautiful house a d it's a shame to see it rotting away but I fear that even a large lottery win would never be enough to cover all the huge expense of fixing up a building like this.
The roof almost certainly would need replacing for a start and a building this massive would eat up any fortune that was invested.
the giant margins are extremely common on really old books, they were made like that to protect the actual text from being damaged by bugs and mold.
Thank you so much for sharing your explorations. I have recently undergone surgery due to an illness that has sadly been keeping me from travelling for half my life. When everything is healed, I will finally have the chance to see the world for myself. Until then, I will keep watching your videos. For the past years, your videos have been my window into the world.
How to make a shitty day great?
The Proper people upload!!
Smokin some crack
@@Pluralofvinylisvinylsmore of a black tar kinda guy tbf! Cracks for amateurs
Hey guys, archivist in training here! In the future if you open windows for light, please try to close them on your way out. Light can be very degrading for paper materials even in the best curatorial conditions (which these obviously aren’t). So in the interest of preserving those precious documents and artworks it would be best to close up the building as best as possible! Especially since a local preservationist society is already trying to work to save it.
No hate! I absolutely adore the work you guys are doing preserving these landmarks in digital form! Just consider this some friendly advice :)
Edit: 27:23 had me physically CRINGING ! I know the spine was already largely gone but the sound of the covers crunching and ripping was soul crushing for me 😭 please be careful boys, that looks so so so old!
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I would even close windows that I did not open, just to keep the elements outside
All very valid points, and i largely agree with you, but many of these things are beyond restoration. Might as well get some footage of stuff before the place gets destroyed
How beautiful is that chatteau!!! I will never understand why some people think it necessary to destroy and deface such beauty and history.
never underestimate the idiocy of bored persons
100 year-old magazines do not look that good if they are open to the outside weather. You can be sure the open window is very recent.
Or were they removed from their previous location?
Found the 100 year-old magazine expert
Broken in before filming!
@@dwagner6 Glad to help
Those windows were closed when we were there (3 years ago), we had to squeeze through a whole in a door
I tried exploring this chateau 2 years ago , I parked my car about a mile away. But because I had English number plates on my car. I was followed by the locals for 30 mins. I gave up in the end , but did manage to explore another 6 in the region. But this one would have been the creme de la creme. Excellent explore lads.
What is the name called? I hear them say it in the intro but how do you spell it? Im trying to find more videos on this exact chateau
Don't know much French and want to read about this location and the family.
Edit: Found its wiki page but it is only in French. It is Château de la Chasseigne.
@@RIPKabosu2000 ur a g
@@RIPKabosu2000 If you use the Chrome browser, it will offer it translate it for you.
Good to hear the locals are keeping an eye out. Not that I'm implying you'd do anything destructive, but others would if they had the opportunity
All those beautiful old decaying books, sad. Thanks guys, my heart always skips a beat when I see you have a new video!
I'm french living in us
That's so sad to see this wonderful castle in this condition
But that I'm happy u guys preserved it's memory
Merci beaucoup!!
42:01 Incredible: the wallpaper through that empty gilded frame reveals what the rest of the wall surrounding it looked like, when it was pristine. 😳
45:28 1889 👀
1889 is pretty recent for European buildings (the old ones that is). :)
At first I thought it was a painting of the same wall lol
Well, you know what happens if you get caught in France..? You´ll be going straight to the Bastille! Great video.
Thank you. Every time you guys upload a video, it always manages to brighten my day. I can escape for a few minutes and stop myself from thinking to death.
It so sad to see history deteriorating away, but also being vandalized and stolen. So much history even with the books and magazines could be in a museum. The architecture is beautiful. All of the curves from walls, doors, and windows is amazing. Again too bad it is not restored before it continues to decay. Nice video as always. Its frozen in time. When you were finished typing. I can imagine how it would feel if some keys released and started making noise as you walked out. Or maybe run you. Great vid. Thank you for sharing.
Awesome video as always Michael and Bryan. Y’all really show just how amazing a place is no matter what state it’s in.
Beautiful. Thanks for the tour.
This lovely place reminds me of the 1 time I got on a plane to cross the pond and stayed in a Chateaux. A very fond memory, but I did not ask the history of the place during WW2 & it didn't have a library. You went to a beautiful place. I wish a film crew would fix it up to make a movie there or someone with deep pockets would restore that lovely craftsmanship everywhere. I get sentimental about lovely old buildings and hate to not see them loved and cared for! Those round turret rooms are incredible. Thank you for showing!
I really respect you guys style of exploring and y'all are super talented with the videoing and editing they always come out masterfully presented!
Hey guys, once again you've fond a really interesting place to bring to us. That chateau is a magnificent building and the property is also beautiful. It is a tragedy it has been left to decay. Some of the furniture in there looks like it could be original. The number of old books in reading rooms that still exist because that was everyone's source of knowledge before TV ever became so prevalent. The traditional beds with the matching wallpaper is from a bygone era. I truly hope that property can be restored before it goes into complete ruin. Great work and keep this high quality content coming. Cheers!
Fantastic video. How awe inspiring these old chateaus are. I hope this building is restored to its glory one day.
It’s so sad to see these beautiful old place’s abandoned & falling apart! I wish I could buy them all & restore them! Cool video & find! 🤘❤️👍
So much security theater for a property that is just neglected and abandoned. As always though, it's those little details, like beds made, candles burned... you think, all of this was done "one last time", possibly without whoever did it knowing it would be the last time. It's one of those eerie things in life... there will always be a "last time" for everything. Every building, every person, every machine, whatever... there is always that final time, and never again. And you may not know when that "last time" is going to be.
was there a basement? i would have gotten lost in all those books and been there for hours! loved this place! thank you!
There was a basement, my first episode (Chateau Secret at 13:14) you can see the basement
***Amazing*** This is my absolute favorite episode so far.
Godsmaked by the beauty still left behind!! Idk how you don’t take an item as a souvenir, cudo’s! I’m a Urbana explorer for years!
DUDE! I have never seen you guys trip an alarm in all my years watching you both and I just wanted to to comment on how calm and cool you guys were casually ghosting out once it went off. It was like a smoothly run bank heist that went right up until the end and all the players were like "oops we're done, time to leave....." *whistles and walks away....*
Holy! That sewing machine is a real gem! Wish i could have seen more if it!
Disappointing that a property like this with it's history may be lost. Thanks for the video preserving it.
There's so many chateaux around, most of them have little historical significance. They're not even expensive to buy, it's maintaining / fixing them that's costly.
I love this, thank you. And great to see you two back again!!
A time when reading actual physical books was your onnection to everything! Every level of your education, travel experiences, novels, but most everything there seems to be non-fiction and highly educational. A true wealth of information at your fingertips. No need for such things as televisions, etc. just occupying your time with wonderful reading! Just like the incredibly beautiful architecture, furnishings, etc. there, these books and everything there would probably be lost on the youth of today. We've made so many advancements, however, far too much has been left behind, to be forgotten by simply the passage of time.
It does my heart good, knowing that you two have gone to incredible lengths to seek out and to preserve so much of history, education, architecture, workmanship, and everything that I wish were still held in great esteem and respect today. Thank you both.
I often wonder if-when you guys know there are folks attempting to preserve the place you visit-do you ever reach out to them ahead of time? Maybe it's naïve but I think someone might be willing to let you in given your own mindset for recording history.
Stay safe out there.
In this case I think the people trying to preserve the building are mostly cleaning the outside and maybe closing the entry points. Even if the owners doesn't respond, you can get in trouble if you enter a building without the city or government approval.
Yea in this case the locals trying to preserve it would not even be able to give permission since they have no communication with the owners
9:55 door that has "Come play with me" scratched into it is always a good sign.
Man, your explores never fail to amaze. This is one of the best you guys have found yet, and that’s saying something. Thanks for taking us along for the explore!
What the heck, but the exploration of a fairyland castle is something I wasn't expecting. The details, the wood, the finesse of every detail - how beautiful! I also did not expect that it is possible to acquire the castle in a dishonest way and for years no one will do anything important in this matter - neither the dishonest owner will not take care of his property, allowing such a national asset to fall into ruin, nor the state will recover it, also allowing it to simply collapse, because the longer it is without renovation, the later it will be difficult to restore it in any way. In a word, everyone is watching and nobody is doing anything. Thank you for these explorations - at least in such a way it is possible to document such a beautiful castle before it finally collapses.
Your videos are the most comforting thing to watch. You guys have no idea how much easier you have made it on the days where im feeling so down. I feel so at peace when i watch your videos. I love you guys and thankyou for existing 🙏🥹
Such a shame this building hasn't been preserved! Even with the looting and abandonment, its character shines through. Thank you for preserving some of it in video.
2:00 This opening shot
36:34 - I had these exact noisemakers in my house at one point. They don't connect to anything, not even each other. They just make noise.
Thx for exploring that, guys. It seems beautiful and sad. There's something sorrowful about it.
Beautiful Job covering this one ! I am half French and Love seeing these places ! Heartbreaking to see the building falling into decay. You can not build Architecture like this today, cost prohibitive. So much Beauty in there. Thank You ! The active Alarms were odd and no one came to check them. 😊
This place was wild! What a find.
Your discussion on bidet placement was too funny 🤣
My 13 year old daughter loves your channel. Thanks for sharing a piece of history ❤
Great to see you blokes again doing what yous do best, I have missed your channel thanks 😊 👍..
Beautiful chapel! And did you notice the rugs? The bedroom that has the matching bed and wallpaper was bliss.
Oh yea baby. Now the weekend has officially started with the proper people!
it sucks to see a place like this being left to rot. hopefully someone is able to buy it and restore it to its former glory.
To the Proper gentlemen, that was an excellent explore. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
It's so sad to see this beautiful piece of history decaying like it is.
That place is so beautiful. Glad you got to visit and thanks for sharing with us. It's a damn shame it's rotting away though. :/
This place is so magical. I hope it's restored one day.
Right out of my dreams!!! This has taken up space in my heart! Forever daydreaming…❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for the tour. Nice building.
I always have a little chuckle to myself, when you mention that you are trying to dodge security, but post your exploits in living colour, on the Internet😄😄
its so sad to see a property like that so old to be in that state. It really is a national treasure to have a building that is 500+ years old. France stop fucking the dog and seize the property.
Isn't just so sad? So much history there. I know it was owned by nobles (So not quite 'everday/regular people') but how many centuries of humans lived there. Laughed, ate, cried, loved, worked, and slept there. Imagine waking up in the morning and opening those shutters on your window to look out over that beautiful view. We need to save history, even the 'everyday' people's history. How sad to see it decay and be forgotten and felt as if it's not important.
Can't force that idea enough. I mean that building has a longer history than the United States. The state should really take ownerwship on them and restore, turn them into museums.
The government would just auction it off for the money, I'm sure. Someone is still paying property taxes so they can't take it...
As it was stated in the film, the owners are hidden through dodgy networks and screens making it vert hard to find them, so government hasn't anyone to deal with. Also France has so many properties like this abandoned with complications dure to family lagal stuff, that they don't have the money to save a lot.
You guys are unintentional asmr, love this vid
C'est très bien que vous soyez en France. C'est très bien.
So wish you guys would bring digital cameras along to take a bit more ‘aesthetically’ dated photos of abandoned places and then post them on like a website of your own just collecting cool photos of places you’ve been. Tumblr and Pinterest would eat it up completely lol
Love you guys so much omg !!
The music and cinematography are outstanding as always!
Looks like someone saved all the books that were still mould free and the sewing machines from the other wet room and put them into that other dry room. Good job actually...
Exploring at its best! Watched many explorers of abandoned buildings in the U.K. these two are simply the best!
Well done video; thank you! The exorbitant cost to renovate these previously gorgeous, historical buildings is for sewage systems, plumbing, heat/air, and electricity. Hiring service workers to clean and maintain the inside and outside would be difficult and expensive because workers used to lived on the property and today most people want to live in communities with activity, I wonder why the woodwork and architecture has not been salvaged.
I'm saving up to buy a camera and when I move in about 6 months, I'm going to start exploring places after watching your videos. You are producing art with your videos.
I always look forward to & enjoy the videos. The quality of work, the professionalism & no click bait. Spectacular & the reason you are top 3 Urban Exploration on CZcams. Keep up the great work!
I was here before and made 2 episodes of the place during the Covid period, so if you want to see how it was before, check it out.
Luckily the cams were all dummies, awesome to see you guys there now.... and it has changed
We saw a lot of stand alone security alarms everywhere in the Castle.
For the fans of what we Call Chateau Secret, there are a lot of video's of this one, I always love to see more video's of this one.
Those doors were curved like in the Oval Office, loved that.
Man they even took the big wingpiano.......and those tags....... so sad
21:06 that bedframe is a work of art
Exquisite filming, gentlemen! :-) Brings back memories of me, my brother, and my dad visiting castles and strolling the countryside in France. My dad had a girlfriend there, she's Dutch but has lived most of her life there. Lots of visits that way to take in the culture and sights.
I use to set up security systems for people in their houses, here's what I know; If you don't see a wire connected to the camera, it's battery powered. That means that someone has to physically go out there to charge them every few months. Depending on activity, (which I assume there's not much) the batteries might need changed every 6 months depending on the system. The ones hooked up to solar panels don't stay charged all the time. Those usually need bright, direct sunlight. During winter months, those solar panel cameras may die. Small in home motion sensors have a range of roughly 30 feet, and they can't see anything directly below them. If the cameras and motion detectors really were active, they'd probably be viewed from an app on the owners phone, but that requires a Wi-Fi connection. If you do see wires going to the cameras, they could be part of a hard wired DVR system which would still need an active internet connection to the outside world. The fact that there are so many different looking styles (possibly different brands) suggests that these devices are not that serious and might not actually be active. The tabs on the door are sensors that tell you if a door or window is open. Those are definitely battery powered, and they definitely need an internet connection to function.
The 'trick' is if the cameras are connected to a central point. Many owners used the cameras as deterrents to urban explorers, homeless, and thieves.
The new cameras with the solar panels and antennas were models that connected via 4G cell network
@TheProperPeople Ahh, cool. I'll rewatch the video as I missed some things.
Actually, I was interrupted and hadn't returned to the video.
Love all the books, magazines, and newspapers! The interior designs are unique, like the wall framed for the bed frame, the tile floors, and the chapel.
@@TheProperPeople So it would have had a 4G Modem/ Hotspot and then a router connecting the cameras to the building. I don't think it was setup that way just to look like it. That one motion sensor was just a noisemaker.
What an amazing place
There is a sun hieroglyph in those tiles you mentioned at the front entrance 🙄 The painting 🖼 probably was the portrait of the patriarch of that particular bloodline and it was most definitely removed beforehand and probably either sits in a museum and or with the current familial bloodline of today 🤔
I love this place. Ive watched all of its explorations. The cameras and a small cleanup have happened over the last one or two years. I think its thanks to the efforts of friends of the chateau, i believe thats what they are called. The local group attempting to save this beautiful piece of history. I hope they succeed, id love to have it, alas i dont have several millions to spare
Another extraordinary video paying Homage to the Fine craftsmanship of Vintage European Architecture! The last room was the pièce de résistance! Glad you two persevered to find it, despite the the possible alarms! Keep up the great work!
What a beautiful place to live in that would be.
Mind-blowing, Glad you guys stuck with it!!!
2:21
That’s not wildlife, that’s breakfast.
Don't mess with Monsieur Slug: they have muscles, from the struggle with le forkescue.
@@random22026😂😂
@@LindaZeno 🐌☺
Those books need to be preserved. I hope you took them before they rot or are stolen by someone else!
I've seen those cables with the buttons on the bed before. I thought they would be to summon the servants.
We should have a preservation society that covers & restores places like this around the world, wherever they don’t have a national historical preservation society. So sad to see the condition of this amazing building… what tragedy! Thanks for sharing. Take care & God bless.☮️💕
ahhh and these are such good examples of old wallpaper patterns. noting that for future reference