Vous avez peut-être regardé « L’incroyable histoire du Facteur Cheval » sur France 3 hier soir ! Mais qui était donc ce Facteur Cheval ? Un créateur hors pair, un homme atteint du syndrome autistique d’Asperger ? Toujours est-il que ce facteur drômois nous laisse un héritage impressionnant avec son célèbre palais.Situé dans la Drôme, à Hauterives, Le Palais idéal du facteur Cheval est un monument construit par Ferdinand Cheval, de 1879 à 1912.

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Le Palais idéal du facteur Cheval est une visite insolite cachée en Drôme. Une œuvre incroyable, orgie visuelle de détails et styles imbriqués...

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Photograph by EMMANUEL GEORGES Ferdinand Cheval’s Ideal Palace (Palais idéal) stands as a testament that you can achieve anything with time, effort and passion. How else could a simple…

An unassuming, untrained Postman, Cheval did not know anything about construction or architecture yet he built this landmark that contains amazing mosaics.

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Cheval began the building in April 1879. He claimed that he had tripped on a stone and was inspired by its shape. He returned to the same spot the next day and started collecting stones. For the next thirty-three years, Cheval picked up stones during his daily mail round and carried them home to build the Palais idéal. He spent the first twenty years building the outer walls. At first, he carried the stones in his pockets, then switched to a basket. Eventually, he used a wheelbarrow. He often worked at night, by the light of an oil lamp. The Palais is a mix of different styles with inspirations from the Bible to Hindu mythology. Cheval bound the stones together with lime, mortar and cement. It is located at Hauterives, Drôme, France. Click here for more info on Wikipedia. Originally postyed by: osyenya.livejournal.com

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"Le Palais Ideal du Facteur Cheval, was built pebble by pebble by a French mailman. Inspired by the pictures of exotic locales he saw on the postcards and magazines he was delivering, he began to build the ornately detailed structure using interesting pebbles he collected along his route. That meant that he was hauling packages during the day, and for 33 years, spent his nights constructing the grotto. In fact, he was so consumed by the project that he sent his son to live with the boy's godparents after his wife died. Although he wasn't allowed to be buried in his castle, he was able to build his own mausoleum in a cemetery using the same technique as his masterpiece." -Roadtrippers    April 1879. During one of his rounds, Ferdinand Cheval, rural postman, 43, stumbles against such an odd stone that it awakes a dream. Real self-taught, he devotes 33 years of his life to build a dream palace in his garden alone. His inspiration comes from nature, postcards and the very first illustrated magazines that he deals.  During his daily country rounds of about 18 miles and with the help of this faithful wheelbarrow he pickes up stones. Alone, misunderstood, he writes down on his building “The work of one man”. His dream palace gets completed in 1912. In the heart of a flourishing garden, he imagines a uninhabitable palace populated by an incredible bestiary: octopus, hind, caiman, elephant, pelican, bear, birds… But also giants, fairies, mythological figures or architectures from all the continents. An architectural work as unclassifiable as universal.  Unique in the world, the Ideal Palace has inspired artists for more than a century. Independent from any artistic trend, built with no architectural rules, the Ideal Palace has been admired by the Surrealists and is considered as an Outsider Art work. He has been classified Historical Monument in 1969 by André Malraux, French Minister for Cultural Affairs at that time under Naïve Art.

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Le Palais Idéal du facteur Cheval, une oeuvre tellement singulière authentique insolite et inattendue qu'on en a tiré un film assez émouvant

Le Palais Idéal du facteur Cheval, une oeuvre tellement singulière authentique insolite et inattendue qu'on en a tiré un film assez émouvant

A un peu plus d’une heure de route de Lyon , 89km plus précisément à Hauterives dans la Drome se trouve le palais du Facteur Cheval Ferdinand Cheval est né à côté de Hauterives et il était facteur. Tous les jours il parcourait plus de …

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From the official website: Ferdinand Cheval aka Facteur Cheval (1836-1924) was a postman who built his dream : Le Palais Idéal. An amazing and imaginary castle. Stone by stone, he imposed this harsh discipline on himself to show that willpower could triumph over all manner of physical and mental difficulties, and also achieve a more perfect understanding of the nature of things and the nature itself.