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Modern SitesSite Name: Palais idéal Alternative Name: Palais du Facteur ChevalCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 15.312 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Rhone:Drôme (26) Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Lyon Nearest Village: Hauterives
Latitude: 45.256250N Longitude: 5.028480E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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Modern Stone Circle / Monolith in Rhone:Drôme (26)
Postman Joseph Ferdinand Cheval (1836-1924), used to be lost in his own fantasies while on his daily duties - walking a distance of 20-30 km for delivery. In 1879 he stumbled over a stone in a strange shape like the annual rings of a tree.
The stone, la pierre d'achoppement (stone of stumble), gave him great inspiration and he started to collect stones and to assemble them into a structure. It was finished in 1912, after the deaths of his wife and children. He wanted to be buried under this 'palace', after the villagers' rejection he built an eccentric tomb (location 45.25008N, 5.018090W) in the graveyard of Hauterives, 1 km away from the palace.
By Public Transport: Get off at Saint Vallier sur Rhône station (50 min from Lyon Part Dieux station), take the no.3 bus to Hauterives, please note that the bus service is very few and far between.
Admission 6.50 euro.
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