From Messy Nessy Chic:
Gatsby’s mansion has nothing on Chateau Laurens. Perched majestically on a river bend on the outskirts of Agde, a former Ancient Greek colony in the south of France, this exceptional place lost in time has spawned countless stories and speculation about what went on behind its mysterious walls. Some say that the lavish villa was the site of endless extravagant parties hosted by its wealthy owner, while there’s another theory that it was a hub for a burgeoning religious sect. After 35 years of abandonment, nature has had its way with Chateau Laurens, but extensive renovations have been slowly underway over the last decade in an attempt to save this rare cathedral of Art Nouveau treasure. Expertly captured in its limbo state by leading urbex photographer Romain Veillon, as this diamond in the rough prepares to reveal its secrets to the public for the first time, let’s take one last look before the dust is cleared…
So who was the Gatsby of this mansion? Emmanuel Laurens was a 25 year-old student practising medicine in the nearby city of Montpellier when he was unexpectedly bequeathed a gargantuan fortune from a distant cousin, equivalent to approximately 110 million dollars today.
Sounds like the beginning of an epic novel right? Well after spending a few years travelling, he decided with all that coin he would build a cutting edge chateau, inspired by distant lands....
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And in other real estate stories at Messy Nessy:
1. A “Wee House” that sits on Loch Shin in the Highlands
That's from this week's 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DXXXI)
If you recall your Roman numerals, D is getting pretty deep into the schema.
