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How a Giant Pebbles Palace Turns a Man’s Life Into a Work of Art
4 min readAug 13, 2020
It shows persistence and passion. And it’s very curious construction work.
Energy and persistence conquer all things. Benjamin Franklin.
You have not seen this giant palace made of pebbles. Or did you see?
Once upon a time a French mailman collected pebbles for 33 Years and builds a giant palace for himself.
The Palais idéal
Details on walls include animals such as octopuses, caimans, camels, elephants, pelicans, bears, and birds, as well as giants, fairies, and mythological figures from all over the world.
Ferdinand Cheval, 19 April 1836–19 August 1924, was a French postman who spent thirty-three years of his life building Le Palais idéal, the “Ideal…
