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Château could be yours – if you can put it back together

Château could be yours – if you can put it back together
When it's rebuilt, the château will look something like this render by Yann Terrer.
The Wall Street Journal
By JS MarcusA Paris-based antiques dealer is looking to sell the four outer walls of a Bordeaux-area estate. However, the buyer will have to relocate and reassemble the 1890 structure, which has been dismantled into 5,389 pieces.In November 2020, Alisanne Frew, a Paris-based antiques dealer specialising in fine salvaged stone, was alerted by text message to a rare find: a superb 19-century Bordeaux-area château was for sale.Built with the same type of limestone used for the Unesco-listed historic centre of Bordeaux, the two-storey ch&acir...

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