The house between rocks, or Castel Meur, sits amidst a fabulous landscape of rock formations.
Location, the township of Plougrescant in Brittany, France.
Built in 1861 the house, being as cute and amazing as it is, was eventually discovered and became famous when photos of it were sold as postcards around the world.
This attracted busloads of tourists with cameras! And they behaved badly! It's hard to believe but they began to climb up on the house to be photographed which caused damage to the property. The owner then had to forbid any commercial representation of Castel Meur, and installed an electric fence -just kidding. May the house between rocks rest in peace.
Photos via Earth Trek.
14 comments:
Now that is one provocative little house! Just amazing!
Such an adorable little house! Must have been quite a feat to build it. Great find.
That is a beautiful place! Thanks for sharing it and I love how you put the map there.
-Kim
That is sooo cool! I love reading about neat kinds of homes like this one :)
Oh, wow. Gorgeous!
lovely home. There are some homes out in Palm Springs with rocks all around, some even seem to be build into the rocks in the desert. Very Flintstones. These are great. What a fun view.
This is so cool. I can't believe I hadn't heard of this before!
Oh my gosh...I would loveeee to stay there! Now I'm dying to see the inside. But if I do go I promise not to climb on the roof. :-) (What is wrong with people?! Really.)
How cute! i have just discovered your blog - looking forward to reading more of your posts.
Oh girl, you had me at hello! LOL...!! Honestly though, I love your blog. I have to tell you that I absolutely love maps. When I'm not blogging, eating and blogging, then you can find me on Google Maps or Earth Viewer. Since I can't travel on my budget, I travel via Google maps! You simply must tell me of all the places that you have been to!
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Could you imagine if someone started climbing on your house? Hysterical.
I have actually had people use my hose to rinse off sandy feet before, but...
love the photos!
Lisa
That is one of the coolest things I have ever seen!!!
M ^..^
How cute is that?
The owners must feel that they are between a rock and a hard place....
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