The WONDER of this ABANDONED CHATEAU saved from ruin
This week we visited this wonderful abandoned chateau - La Mothe Chandeniers - which has been saved from ruin in a miraculous way. The chateau had been abandoned for nearly a century after a fire destroyed it in the early 20th century. Nature has taken hold and the result is quite spectacular.
In 2018 the chateau was bought by Dartagnans - a start-up company that have created a global community with the aim of saving abandoned chateaux. If you would like to know more about the company and what they do, or if you’re interested in becoming a co-chatelain of this magnificent building then follow this link: dartagnans.fr/projects/2311/c...
We would just like to add that this is not an advert. Dartagnans have not approached us and we are not being paid in any way to promote this. We found the chateau, its history and the future project fascinating and so wanted to share it with you all.
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Photo Credits:
@DartagnansFr
@GlauqueLandTim
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ChanelKoelh
References:
www.mothe-chandeniers.com/
www.glauqueland.com/mothechand...
www.la-chouette-de-vendee.fr/...
www.theguardian.com/world/201...
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Welcome to Living in the Loire, we are a young family in rural France, renovating previously poorly converted barns. We aim to do most of the work ourselves, being as frugal and as eco as possible. We are learning on the job and we hope to share the skills we pick up along the way.
When possible we will take you on a tour of the region (the garden of France) sharing with you the numerous chateaux, towns and markets. As well as the house, we will be transforming the garden, bringing part of it back to its previous use as a potager.
This is our dream and one of the main reasons of leaving the city to move to the countryside in France.
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Masya Allah, sangat cantik dan indah. Terima kasih sudah membuat viedo ini. Senang rasanya mendapatkan pengetahuan baru😊
Thanks for sharing this unique chateau
Amazing Architecture! Too Bad it can't be Restored! Just Beautiful!😎🍷
your videos are amazing as is your videography. they are very calming, relaxing and quite different from others of their genre. please don't ever stop creating, even if you can only do 1 or 2 per month it is worth it to your viewers such as me who are house bound and are living vicariously through you.
@LivingintheLoire
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Thank you Natalie, that means a lot.
Very cool castle!
Beautiful Thank you 🙏🏽
Very pretty.
Thank you for telling the story of this unique space.
I miss you and your family! What are you up to? Gardening and running after the kids, most likely. Anyway, I hope everyone’s well and happy.
Absolutely incredible! Thank you!
Professional pics, narration and voice over. My congrats to you both for this pleasant and most interesting view. See you next week for another video. Thanks
@LivingintheLoire
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Luisa!
I live in the Pacific Northwest in the USA and old for us is 150 years or so. There is a romantic element in knowing a building has seen so much since it was built. If only it could tell us its stories.
@LivingintheLoire
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Imagine the stories!
So Beautiful
Easter at the Château must’ve been so wonderful! The weather was perfect, blue skies, and spring grass, foliage and flowers. Thank you for sharing.
@LivingintheLoire
Жыл бұрын
The weather was perfect! I want that weather to come back again 😂 It's been cold, wet and windy ever since.
That was soo interesting and beautiful , I’d love to visit there .
I wish France was a Monarch.
Thank you for taking us on this wee tour of the chateau....so interesting and so glad that it is being preserved! See you next week.
@LivingintheLoire
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Thanks Jane 🙂
Wow that's one stunning château 😊
@aryafaaz9345
Жыл бұрын
Yes 🤩 It's magical 🎉
What a spectacular chateau it must have been. Thank you for the wonderful visit and great information.
@LivingintheLoire
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Yes, I would have loved to have seen it in its heyday. Thanks for your comment Carole 😊
Lovely to hear your soothing voice again Brook ❤
@LivingintheLoire
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Thanks Elaine!
mais il aurait du etre en cours de restauration ? c est quoi le probleme ?
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What a special place. I think you'd only find a place like this in France. Back in the UK it would have been turned into luxury flats by now. All the best. 👍🏼
A beautiful chateau. Would love to have seen it in its heyday. Thank you for the video. Incidentally did you ever make an in-depth video of fermenting veg. Have googled but so many different versions. I wouldn’t be doing a lot as am on my own but I do fancy red cabbage. 😊
@LivingintheLoire
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Thanks Libby. No we haven't done one (yet!). Red cabbage is a great one to start with as it's really straightforward. Slice it up thinly, put on a bowl, sprinkle on a couple of teaspoons of salt and massage in. Leave for up to an hour so it starts to 'sweat' (the water comes out creating its own brine). Pack tightly into a jar, using the end of a rolling pin can help really push it down. If you need to top up with more brine you can but I normally find for cabbage it creates enough of its own juices. Put a weight on top to make sure the cabbage is submerged and leave on the side for a couple of weeks.
@libbyanderson3752
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@@LivingintheLoire well that’s simple enough no special jars as was suggested and even one a temperature gauge! Thank you for taking up your precious time to let me know. I can buy at a local farmers market and it will be organic. Not worth growing as am on my own now. You are certainly in the right place with your little ones. It seems to me like a big black cloud is overhanging the world. Best to keep snug and secure where you are . Big hugs libby
Great job on the editing guys. My subscribers tell me to go and look around buildings and towns with my camera.... But I rarely leave the house 😂
Hello ❤ and for us now is Easter , a very beautiful castle . Very strange why the state of France does not take care of such cultural objects .It must be nice to walk in the garden of a real castle . Greetings from Bulgaria and from me to the beautiful, kind, smart and good English people 😊❤
@LivingintheLoire
Жыл бұрын
Happy Easter! There are so many chateaux in France I think it would be impossible for the state to buy and maintain them all. Most fall into disrepair simply because the upkeep is too expensive. I like that with this one they're trying to preserve it how it is now. So making it safe and preventing further damage but also letting nature thrive and do its thing too.
@user-iu3ng7om5w
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@@LivingintheLoire Christ is risen , Happy Easter You too 🐣💖 there are no laws , let us enjoy what we have been given 😊🐰
It quite looks a bit sorry for itself.
Ma fille is one of many co-owners.
@LivingintheLoire
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Oh wow. Has she been to any of the events?
@arnicepernice8656
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Lovely family day out. And those white flowers looked like honesty. Lovely!
I really don't understand where all the money went when you see that it hasn't been restored and trees are growing out of it everywhere. Strange.
@LivingintheLoire
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Preserving the ruin of the main chateau to make it safe for visitors and prevent further decay. Clearing and repairing all the outbuildings and grounds. Building the huge event space, toilet blocks, car park. All .the signs for visitors. I don't know the full break down as I'm not a co-chatelain but I imagine there's still money in the kitty as well.
This is still in ruins
@flojolivet512
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It probably cannot be rebuilt but the point is to maintain it, making it safe and stopping the process to avoid complete destruction.
@LivingintheLoire
Жыл бұрын
Exactly. Their aim is to prevent further damage, make it safe for the public to enjoy while celebrating all the nature and wildlife that has grown up in and around the ruins.
@wychan2004
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@@flojolivet512 the end is near... soon mother nature will reclaim it
@LaughingInTiny
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Yes, I had thought the aim was to restore it as well. There are many others though in need of saving that are not as far gone.
@flojolivet512
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@@LaughingInTiny not all the monuments can be restored. Let me give you an example. There are several Roman amphitheatres like in Saintes and in Lillebonne, which are in ruin. They have been selected for government help to save them. Obviously, we are not going to rebuild Roman amphitheaters, but the point is to stop the deterioration so that they do not disappear forever. As for the rest. Remember that there are approximately 50,000 chateaus in France hundreds of thousands of churches, abbeys, Roman and mediaeval bridges, windmills water mills and there are lots of parts of heritage, such as historical boats planes, etc. which are also selected for renovation, so imagine the volume of what needs to be done. It is endless