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I Found A Historic Abandoned Castle In France With Everything Left Behind 17 Pics

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Community member Known as Chateau Secret, this historic castle in the south of France was built in the 1500's. Passed on through generations, it was eventually bought for cheap by a family, who left the country and abandoned it. Today it sits with everything left inside. I photographed everything as I found it. Take a look inside and discover the secrets of this abandoned castle. Disclaimer! I'm hearing that a lot of people are trying to go to this place now because they think I just photographed it and it's just wide open but that's not the case. I heard that recently someone tried to go there but it is now completely sealed off, even if the location and the address can easily be found by using Google lens. Please do not go there! Check out my other posts on Bored Panda here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. More info: Instagram

The castle exterior

I've seen a lot more social media accounts doing urban exploring. A lot of these people seem to be doing it for the views or making YouTube videos just for the fame. I consider my work as art that I just like to share with others, and usually, others enjoy seeing it. However, many abandoned places become sealed up, sometimes by neighbors or even other urban explorers who don't want others going in, even though these people don't have a right to do so. The ones where there is nothing open, I consider off limits. Once I find the location, it's a matter of planning how to get there, finding out if a place is open, and the best way of entry. Sometimes, it means getting in touch with the last owner. A lot of times, this requires long walks through fields or forests. It's never a short or easy process. Besides the camera accessories (a tripod, etc), the most important thing to carry around would be some kind of mask to protect you from dust or asbestos. Water always. A flashlight. Bandaids or anything that helps in case of an injury.

The main living quarters

People often have a misconception that urban exploring is safe and anyone can do it. It's dangerous and it also requires a lot of research and planning beforehand, there are a lot of risks. Many times, places are not accessible that may have been just a few days earlier. Also, just because a place is abandoned does not mean it's for sale! The most dangerous place was a castle in France, which at the time it was open, there was an angry neighbor who had a key. He had a lead pipe and chased me around the castle, it may or may not have been the one in this story.

Downstairs living space

I have learned that as people we take nothing with us when we leave this earth, and sometimes the stuff we valued, including property, can go unwanted by the people we leave it to. I've learned a lot about history, and the stories of families (some tragic) that have taken place in these abandoned places. Every trip is an adventure in discovering the past.

Downstairs bedroom

A living space

The kitchen

Main dining room

The main staircase

A piano upstairs

A master bedroom

The Library

Sewing machines in the library

Another upstairs bedroom

Chapel inside the castle

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It may not be habitable, but someone is still looking after it. There are no trees or vines growing through the windows. There's no evidence of serious water damage. And the lawn looks like well kept rye grass that's just a couple weeks past due for a mowing. If it were abandoned, plenty of folks would've busted things up and taken some of the wonderful things that were left behind. Face it, you broke into a house and we're lucky you weren't shot. 22 22points reply Alma Muminovic Alma Muminovic Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago Was gonna say the same. You broke into someones house and were lucky they weren’t home. There was even a picture of a couple in one of the photos. Maybe it’s someones summer house and they forgot they had it so they haven't been there in a while but they still pay someone to take care of it. 13 13points reply Load More Replies... CrazyCatLady CrazyCatLady Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago I don’t think so… In one photo there is graffiti on the wall. I think that someone takes care of it but I don’t think someone uses it as a summer house. 2 2points reply Alma Muminovic Alma Muminovic Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago Yeah not anymore but maybe thats what it originally was. If someone maintains it tho it’s not abandoned and it’s still breaking and entering. 0 0points reply Bryan Sansivero (Post author) Bryan Sansivero Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago This comment has been deleted. 0 0points reply Alma Muminovic Alma Muminovic Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago It’s not a crime to trespass on private property in France? Interesting. 1 1point reply Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago This comment has been deleted. 0 0points reply Bryan Sansivero (Post author) Bryan Sansivero Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago This comment has been deleted. -1 -1point reply Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago This comment has been deleted. 0 0points reply Bryan Sansivero (Post author) Bryan Sansivero Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago This comment has been deleted. 0 0points reply Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago Saying so many times that trespassing is not a crime in France when it totally is ... 1 year in jail and 15.000 euros ( article 226-4 du Code pénal ) ... But still having the audacity to call other unintelligent idiots with zero knowldge and ask them to know / research about laws in a foreign country ... The irony is strong here. 2 2points reply Bryan Sansivero (Post author) Bryan Sansivero Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago This comment has been deleted. 0 0points reply LolaBrio LolaBrio Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 month ago Just admit you’re lying. 0 0points reply Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago (edited) That castle was definitely not built in the 1500s !! Maybe there was a castle there back then but it was probably demolished and rebuilt. This one is probably from the late 19th century or early 20th. It's really not that old 14 14points reply The IRS The IRS Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago There's a few videos on YouTube showing you around. It's late 19th C. 1 1point reply Load More Replies... Bryan Sansivero (Post author) Bryan Sansivero Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago Construction began in the 1400's, the bridge part dates back to the and the rest was rebuilt in the 1800's. -1 -1point reply Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago On your post you wrote "built in the 1500’s." ... And now It's 1400's ? Makes no sense. You definitely don't know what you're talking about. That post is full of BS. That the coward you are decided to erase like the answers confronting you ... You're pathetic !! 2 2points reply Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago This comment has been deleted. 0 0points reply Deb Johnston Deb Johnston Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago I really hate these "staged" abandoned building photos. 8 8points reply Load More Comments POST Mark Berry Mark Berry Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago Abandoned? It may not be habitable, but someone is still looking after it. There are no trees or vines growing through the windows. There's no evidence of serious water damage. And the lawn looks like well kept rye grass that's just a couple weeks past due for a mowing. If it were abandoned, plenty of folks would've busted things up and taken some of the wonderful things that were left behind. Face it, you broke into a house and we're lucky you weren't shot. 22 22points reply Alma Muminovic Alma Muminovic Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago Was gonna say the same. You broke into someones house and were lucky they weren’t home. There was even a picture of a couple in one of the photos. Maybe it’s someones summer house and they forgot they had it so they haven't been there in a while but they still pay someone to take care of it. 13 13points reply Load More Replies... CrazyCatLady CrazyCatLady Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago I don’t think so… In one photo there is graffiti on the wall. I think that someone takes care of it but I don’t think someone uses it as a summer house. 2 2points reply Alma Muminovic Alma Muminovic Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago Yeah not anymore but maybe thats what it originally was. If someone maintains it tho it’s not abandoned and it’s still breaking and entering. 0 0points reply Bryan Sansivero (Post author) Bryan Sansivero Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago This comment has been deleted. 0 0points reply Alma Muminovic Alma Muminovic Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago It’s not a crime to trespass on private property in France? Interesting. 1 1point reply Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago This comment has been deleted. 0 0points reply Bryan Sansivero (Post author) Bryan Sansivero Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago This comment has been deleted. -1 -1point reply Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago This comment has been deleted. 0 0points reply Bryan Sansivero (Post author) Bryan Sansivero Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago This comment has been deleted. 0 0points reply Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago Saying so many times that trespassing is not a crime in France when it totally is ... 1 year in jail and 15.000 euros ( article 226-4 du Code pénal ) ... But still having the audacity to call other unintelligent idiots with zero knowldge and ask them to know / research about laws in a foreign country ... The irony is strong here. 2 2points reply Bryan Sansivero (Post author) Bryan Sansivero Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago This comment has been deleted. 0 0points reply LolaBrio LolaBrio Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 month ago Just admit you’re lying. 0 0points reply Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago (edited) That castle was definitely not built in the 1500s !! Maybe there was a castle there back then but it was probably demolished and rebuilt. This one is probably from the late 19th century or early 20th. It's really not that old 14 14points reply The IRS The IRS Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago There's a few videos on YouTube showing you around. It's late 19th C. 1 1point reply Load More Replies... Bryan Sansivero (Post author) Bryan Sansivero Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago Construction began in the 1400's, the bridge part dates back to the and the rest was rebuilt in the 1800's. -1 -1point reply Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago On your post you wrote "built in the 1500’s." ... And now It's 1400's ? Makes no sense. You definitely don't know what you're talking about. That post is full of BS. That the coward you are decided to erase like the answers confronting you ... You're pathetic !! 2 2points reply Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago This comment has been deleted. 0 0points reply Deb Johnston Deb Johnston Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago I really hate these "staged" abandoned building photos. 8 8points reply Load More Comments Popular on Bored Panda I Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like In Real Life 30 Y.O. 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