For more than three decades, French rural postman Ferdinand Cheval collected rocks, fossils, shells and other unusual objects on his daily commute, then built a fairytale palace out of them without a plan. Today, his Palais idéal in Hauterives is a protected historical monument and one of the most unusual works of outsider art in France.
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For more than three decades, French rural postman Ferdinand Cheval collected rocks, fossils, shells and other unusual objects on his daily commute, then built a fairytale palace out of them without a plan. Today, his Palais idéal in Hauterives is a protected historical monument and one of the most unusual works of outsider art in France.