A glimpse inside the bizarre Ideal Palace created by rural postman Ferdinand Cheval in Hauterives, southern France

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A modest French rural postman built an eccentric palace that came to be compared with Gaudi's creative genius in Barcelona

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Size: 3741px × 5739px
Location: Hauterives Drome Rhone-Alpes France
Photo credit: © Marion Kaplan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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