▲ 74 ▼ One person built this entire building by hand, and it took him 33 years. (thelemmy.club) submitted 6 hours ago by time2lose@lemmy.world to c/interestingasfuck@lemmy.world 6 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Artisian@lemmy.world 1 point 49 minutes ago I absolutely need a banana for scale. permalink fedilink source
[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 13 points 6 hours ago (4 children) Ouch, no link? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] otto_kartoffelsaft@slrpnk.net 20 points 5 hours ago* (2 children) Looks like Le Palais idéal permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ornithopiccoloelastibus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour 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 10 points 4 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 5 points 4 hours ago Too much to ask from the Reddit repost bots. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] otto_kartoffelsaft@slrpnk.net 20 points 5 hours ago* (2 children) Looks like Le Palais idéal permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ornithopiccoloelastibus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour 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 10 points 4 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 2 points 1 hour 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 10 points 4 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 5 points 4 hours ago Too much to ask from the Reddit repost bots. permalink fedilink source parent
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