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Americans see French châteaus as money makers. Turns out they're money pits.
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However, a fire in 1932 destroyed most of the buildings in the castle, which then became abandoned. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In December 2017, a French startup organized a crowdfunding campaign site, and 27,190 people having to pay at least €50 each joined the cause, raising € 1,600,000, [ 2 ] to purchase the castle with the aim of preserving it.
It is located in Chaumont, straddling the municipalities of Mainsat and La Serre-Bussière-Vieille, in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France. The path leading to the château (rue de Chaumont) is in the town of Mainsat, but the building itself is in the neighbouring town of La Serre-Bussière-Vieille.
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awscyh/Flickr. Castles, chateaux, and mansions - these are displays of wealth and power usually reserved for kings and countesses, or at least old-timey movie stars.
The Château de Sales (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto d(ə) sal]) is a ruined castle in the commune of Thorens-Glières in the alpine Haute-Savoie department of France. [1] It is often confused with the nearby Château de Thorens , also in Thorens-Glières.
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