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- It all started in April 1879 when Ferdinand Cheval, a country postman, stumbled upon a strange stone. This led to 33 years of perseverance and dedication in building his ideal palace, alone in his garden, using only nature, postcards and pictures in magazines as inspiration.
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Ferdinand Cheval realized his dream! For 33 years, he built alone, in his garden, a Palace inspired by Nature, by postcards and illustrated magazines.
Three staircases lead to the Terrace, where Ferdinand Cheval placed his “stumbling block”, the first stone on which he tripped and which inspired him to create his ideal Palace. At the top of the Palace, between prickly pear trees and aloes, stands the Barbary Tower.
Ferdinand Cheval (French pronunciation: [fɛʁdinɑ̃ ʃəval]; 19 April 1836 – 19 August 1924), often nicknamed Facteur Cheval ("Mail Carrier Cheval") [1] was a French mail carrier who spent 33 years building Le Palais idéal (the "Ideal Palace") in Hauterives, in southeastern France.
Ferdinand Cheval was a French postman who, inspired by a dream, spent 35 years building the "Palais Ideal", a unique and whimsical palace considered one of France's cultural landmarks and a prime example of naive art architecture.
Jul 2, 2009 · As the story is told, Cheval tripped on a rock in 1879 along his mail route, picked it up and was so fascinated by its peculiar shape that he was inspired to build the imaginative palace.
Ideal Palace (c 1882) by Ferdinand ChevalPostman Cheval's Ideal Palace "When I had accumulated sufficient stones to make a start, I fished out the folio in which I had put all the bits...
Aug 30, 2017 · During the 33 years it took Cheval to complete his Ideal Palace, French law no longer permitted burial on private property; so, rather than relinquish his dream of being laid to rest in a sepulchral of his own making, he began building a separate structure in the local cemetery.
