France, Hauterives - Ideal Palace,animals motives

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Started in 1879 and finished in 1912, Ferdinand Cheval managed to build his Ideal Palace, combining several styles and using the Bible and Hingu mythology as inspiration. He spent 20 years on the outer walls alone, binding the stones together with lime, mortar and cement and decorating them with all sorts of chapel and temple models. Cheval wanted to be buried in his Palais Ideal, but French law didn’t allow it. So he spent the last years of his life building himself an intricate mausoleum, in the cemetery of Hauterives.

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Size: 3744px × 5616px
Location: France, Hauterives
Photo credit: © Shmuel Magal / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 20th, animals, bible, century, cheval, ferdinand, france, hauterives, hingu, ideal, magal, models, motives, mythology, palace, photos, samuel, shmuel, shmulik, sites, stones, temple