▲ 91 ▼ One person built this entire building by hand, and it took him 33 years. (thelemmy.club) submitted 10 hours ago by time2lose@lemmy.world to c/interestingasfuck@lemmy.world 9 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 14 points 10 hours ago (6 children) Ouch, no link? permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] otto_kartoffelsaft@slrpnk.net 25 points 10 hours ago* (2 children) Looks like Le Palais idéal permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ornithopiccoloelastibus@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago* It is. Built by a postman called Mr Cheval (means "horse") who picked up stones each day while delivering mail by foot, then went crazy about building this. The guy was persevering for sure. Truly unique "palace" indeed, you won't see that anywhere else. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sergio@piefed.social 12 points 9 hours ago Really interesting story. Just before his death, Cheval received recognition from figures including André Breton, Robert Doisneau, and Pablo Picasso.[10] His work is commemorated in an essay by Anaïs Nin. In 1932, the German artist Max Ernst created a collage titled The Postman Cheval. ... In 1969, André Malraux, the minister of Culture, declared the Palais a cultural landmark and had it officially protected. permalink fedilink source parent [–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 10 points 9 hours ago (2 children) Too much to ask from the Reddit repost bots. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] time2lose@lemmy.world [S] 0 points 10 minutes ago (1 child) not that I would care either way even if I would really be a bot permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 1 point 6 minutes ago Of course not, why care about posting quality content? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] otto_kartoffelsaft@slrpnk.net 25 points 10 hours ago* (2 children) Looks like Le Palais idéal permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ornithopiccoloelastibus@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago* It is. Built by a postman called Mr Cheval (means "horse") who picked up stones each day while delivering mail by foot, then went crazy about building this. The guy was persevering for sure. Truly unique "palace" indeed, you won't see that anywhere else. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sergio@piefed.social 12 points 9 hours ago Really interesting story. Just before his death, Cheval received recognition from figures including André Breton, Robert Doisneau, and Pablo Picasso.[10] His work is commemorated in an essay by Anaïs Nin. In 1932, the German artist Max Ernst created a collage titled The Postman Cheval. ... In 1969, André Malraux, the minister of Culture, declared the Palais a cultural landmark and had it officially protected. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ornithopiccoloelastibus@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago* It is. Built by a postman called Mr Cheval (means "horse") who picked up stones each day while delivering mail by foot, then went crazy about building this. The guy was persevering for sure. Truly unique "palace" indeed, you won't see that anywhere else. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sergio@piefed.social 12 points 9 hours ago Really interesting story. Just before his death, Cheval received recognition from figures including André Breton, Robert Doisneau, and Pablo Picasso.[10] His work is commemorated in an essay by Anaïs Nin. In 1932, the German artist Max Ernst created a collage titled The Postman Cheval. ... In 1969, André Malraux, the minister of Culture, declared the Palais a cultural landmark and had it officially protected. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 10 points 9 hours ago (2 children) Too much to ask from the Reddit repost bots. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] time2lose@lemmy.world [S] 0 points 10 minutes ago (1 child) not that I would care either way even if I would really be a bot permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 1 point 6 minutes ago Of course not, why care about posting quality content? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] time2lose@lemmy.world [S] 0 points 10 minutes ago (1 child) not that I would care either way even if I would really be a bot permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 1 point 6 minutes ago Of course not, why care about posting quality content? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 1 point 6 minutes ago Of course not, why care about posting quality content? permalink fedilink source parent