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Who is paying forty master builders? Some billionaire probably.

OfficeChad 2y ago
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number6 2y ago
Interestingly not: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Guyot https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Guyot The son of a small business owner developed a passion for history, historic preservation, and horses from a young age. Trained in the military as a competition rider, he opened a riding stable at the Château de Valençay in the Indre department in 1972. In 1975, Guyot and his brother Jacques, who was four years younger, purchased the Château de La Roche in the Sologne region, and in 1979, they acquired the dilapidated Château de Saint-Fargeau in the Yonne department for a minimal amount. After failing with a "high culture" festival, Guyot succeeded in financing the castle's restoration through large historical spectacles involving the local population. The castle grounds also house a collection of old steam locomotives. In the mid-1990s, he conceived the Guédelon project: since 1997, about 60 employees and 200-300 annual volunteers have been building a small fortress in 13th-century style, located 40 kilometers southwest of Auxerre - using exclusively medieval techniques. The planned construction time is 25 years. This project has also become financially self-sustaining.
nestorD 2y ago
France is not big on billionaires pet project... Also, a lot of the hard work is done by volunteers!
- maigret 2y ago
  Many rich people (French and not French) own nice French castles. Some very expensively renovated. But they are often not interested in medieval castles. In the kind of projects documented here, the journey is the goal. I'm not even sure they really want to complete it, when something is done there is always a next thing to do. People spend time there for the community, the craft, the connection to elements and history.
  - bluGill 2y ago
    In a real castle every generation of lords would remodel it to fit their current needs/wants/budget and so they would often be under construction. Of course a real castle would probably have been made of wood which is both easier to remodel and also needs it anyway as wood burns and rots over time. (in turn meaning most castles have left no evidence they ever existed other than what is in the local records) What we see is the small minority built of stone.
hommelix 2y ago
It is self-supported by the visit fee of the many visitors. This is why the building is slow. They right size the team based on their funds. If there is less interests and less visitors, they limit the number of employees.

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Interestingly not: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Guyot https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Guyot The son of a small business owner developed a passion for history, historic preservation, and horses from a young age. Trained in the military as a competition rider, he opened a riding stable at the Château de Valençay in the Indre department in 1972. In 1975, Guyot and his brother Jacques, who was four years younger, purchased the Château de La Roche in the Sologne region, and in 1979, they acquired the dilapidated Château de Saint-Fargeau in the Yonne department for a minimal amount. After failing with a "high culture" festival, Guyot succeeded in financing the castle's restoration through large historical spectacles involving the local population. The castle grounds also house a collection of old steam locomotives. In the mid-1990s, he conceived the Guédelon project: since 1997, about 60 employees and 200-300 annual volunteers have been building a small fortress in 13th-century style, located 40 kilometers southwest of Auxerre - using exclusively medieval techniques. The planned construction time is 25 years. This project has also become financially self-sustaining.

nestorD 2y ago

France is not big on billionaires pet project... Also, a lot of the hard work is done by volunteers!

maigret 2y ago
Many rich people (French and not French) own nice French castles. Some very expensively renovated. But they are often not interested in medieval castles. In the kind of projects documented here, the journey is the goal. I'm not even sure they really want to complete it, when something is done there is always a next thing to do. People spend time there for the community, the craft, the connection to elements and history.
- bluGill 2y ago
  In a real castle every generation of lords would remodel it to fit their current needs/wants/budget and so they would often be under construction. Of course a real castle would probably have been made of wood which is both easier to remodel and also needs it anyway as wood burns and rots over time. (in turn meaning most castles have left no evidence they ever existed other than what is in the local records) What we see is the small minority built of stone.

hommelix 2y ago

It is self-supported by the visit fee of the many visitors. This is why the building is slow. They right size the team based on their funds. If there is less interests and less visitors, they limit the number of employees.