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this week's video, and let's go on to an epic exploration right now. Welcome back, everybody, to the Bros of DK. I am Leslie, and I have another very special
episode to show you today from the country of France. As you can see, I'm standing in the winter
landscape right now, but I'm also standing in the courtyard of what is believed to be
a castle that has been constructed as early as 1500 and has now been abandoned for almost
two decades. I'm super excited to show you another castle
in this wondrous country and take you throughout its ins and outs. Let's go on an epic adventure. Let's go. I'm standing here right now in the middle
of the courtyard of this castle. Look at this place. Those walls you see over there, they are the
earliest walls of this place, from the 1500s, and they were also used for the business that
these people had, the Charle family had, the SaHa family. Wow, and over here, you can see a newer part
of the castle that has been constructed later on, we believe, in the 17th or 18th century,
but it's still completely intact. And this would have been the entrance where
everybody came in, all the workers came in to the courtyard of this place. Let's have a look at those cellars because
there's also a couple of cellars left behind here. I don't know if there's anything left of their
business, but we can have a look, of course. Let's see. I need to be very careful because it's very
slippery and icy today here in France. It's the first snow of the year. Oh, yes. Okay, here's something left behind. These look like racks where bottles could
be stacked on top of, but I'm not 100% sure. I'm not home in this kind of business, in
this kind of trade. Okay, there are a couple more cellars over
here. I see one more at the back. Let's see what we have in this one. Oh, this is a fairly big one, I would say,
maybe to store all the barrels inside. There's even a bicycle of the former owners
left behind. And this is one of those early types of folding
bicycles, as you can see. This middle part can fold. Very interesting. I really love the arch-shaped design of this
cellar. Definitely gives away the age of this place. Very beautiful. Wow, such a wondrous landscape today here
in France with the snowfall. And here behind us, we can even see another
structure with a tower above. But this used to be the church, and it's not
connected to the building; this is a separate one. It's still in use until today. It's not used often, but it's still in use. We have one more cellar down here that I want
to check out. Looking from the size of it, I think the operation
that they ran, the wine production they made, was a very small operation, only a couple
of hundred bottles a year, maybe a couple thousand. Must have been a very fun business to run. We have one artifact left behind here. Oh, this is red poison. I thought it was like a barrel to store a
bottle inside. Okay, let's make our way outside of the courtyard,
and now it's time for me to show you the ins and outs of this Castle. I really love the pathway that they constructed
above here, connecting two sides of the castle. We will see it inside; it's really spectacular. And also, you can see the features that have
been added on later, for example, this tower that we have over here with the stone masonry
on the side. Beautiful high tower. Okay, let's have a look. Let's go underneath here, and then you have
this small archway leading inside this little patio. There's a lot of tools still left behind from
the former owners; you can see that they used to conduct some work outside here. But the castle has taken a hit; it's slowly
falling apart, slowly crumbling away. That over there is our doorway into this place,
our first entrance point. Really beautiful. And this is that typical baroque style, very
cool, very thick stone. For me, that's like a medieval VIP inside
of a castle. Here we can immediately see a spiraling staircase
leading up, but there's also a doorway down here that we have to check out. Oh my gosh. Oh my God. It's dripping water here, but this also used
to be a part of the castle that has completely collapsed. Okay, let's make our way up this staircase
over here. You can see it's completely made out of wood,
but I think it will go over in stone in a second. Yes, wow, this is beautiful. You have another doorway here; this one seems
to be locked. Here is one of the first rooms inside of this
place. Wow. Oh, we immediately enter into a bedroom. Yes, there's a bed, a slate bed over here
to the side of this room. Really adore this very thick wood, mahogany
wood, I think it is, and then they have these pillows on top of here, very large blankets
and pillows because in this part of France, it can get very, very cold. Winter has just started over here, and there's
already a lot of snow, a lot of ice. Some sort of a knight or a warrior on top
of a horse together with a woman. Oh, and I think there used to be a drape that
fell over the bed to give it this fairy tale look, this very typical French bedroom look. A couple of magazines left behind as well. This one is from 1912, everybody, 1912, as
directed to sell us. M. Marie, also a stroller, one of those typical
strollers, still left in this room. A very beautiful one. I really adore this bedroom. It's at the end of the castle, the last bedroom,
a table where they could sit at night, enjoy things, enjoy some reading. There are a couple of novels left here, a
tea kettle on top of the table. Wow, and even a purse to this side. This looks like it's been made from one piece
of leather, completely made out of leather, probably handcrafted. Unfortunately, this upholstery chair that
we have in front of us here is broken, falling apart. But then something in this room really catches
my eye, and that's this sink. I think it's a sink countertop that we have
over here. This very typical 17th-century butler's sink. My father even told me that back in the day,
he had taken a bath like this when he was younger because he came from a rather poor
family, I would say, or a big family, I would say. He would take a bath and scrub up. Wow. Now I'm wondering, is there even electricity
in this room? Yes, there is, but probably no plumbing. I really adore it. I cannot stop looking at it. Absolutely amazing. You can still see them sitting inside of here,
enjoying a nice spot, perhaps looking through the shutters over here, through the windows. See what we have in the closet: still blankets
and everything is in here. Wow, a vanity here in the corner, but just
used as a decoration piece. And then, of course, also religious artifacts
scattering the rooms because these people were very religious back in the time. Beautiful fireplace, cast iron. I really adore it. And then the radio above it. Wow, this one is old. A couple of old files. It doesn't smell anymore. I always find these magazines inside these
abandoned places. Yeah, this is probably from a forefather because
this one is very, very old. These magazines are super old. They're from 1913. Is this one, and J. Louis, the former owner,
was only born in 1945. So this might have been his father, and the
magazine was from. Maybe nobody lived in this bedroom for all
that time. A cross behind here and then a wonderful fireplace
with a mirror above it. I really already like this first bedroom. Normally, I don't start with the bedrooms,
but I'm really glad that we ended up in the bedroom over here at first because it's so,
so beautiful. Wow. And unfortunately, you also see the decay
happening in this room as well, falling apart after only 20 years of abandonment. I want to quickly go a little bit further
up that stairway, up that spiraling stairway to the top floor. There's even an old computer screen left behind
here. I remember having one of those. Wow, this is cool, very cool stairways. They just wind, and they seem like they're
endless and never stop. Here we have another room opening up, like
in the movies, into a pit of rubble, a part of the castle that has probably already collapsed
a long time ago. Let's go to the very top of this place. Let's see it over. Okay, wow, it's literally endless. There's also a little window here. I can look outside for a second. Ah, no, we have come to the end, everybody. Okay, wow, and this opens up into some sort
of an attic, I believe. Yeah, an attic space, as you can see. But I'm not going to walk on it; that's just
too dangerous. Wow, having seen this already, I'm super excited
for the other parts of this place, and you should be as well because it's going to be
epic. Okay, let's go back down, and now we're going
to go into the walkway that spans between the two parts of the castle that I was just
talking about when we were downstairs in the courtyard. Look at this view that we have over here. Isn't it absolutely insane? I really, really adore it. Let's first focus on this side because there
are also some cool things over here, and especially here in the corner, you can see the slat with
the skis, those traditional skis that I used out here previously in the early days. We also have some swords that have been left
behind here, some Saber swords, very cool. There's also one hanging up here on a hook,
probably very old pieces; it's completely rusted up. Wow, it is incredible that such things are
still left behind in these abandoned places. Really beautiful. Okay, let's put it back where we found it. It's a bit difficult to put back, but it used
to be like that. All the walls have also been decorated very
beautifully. We have a grandfather's clock standing here
in the corner, wonderful craftsmanship on the outside but no clock piece anymore inside
of here. And all the picture frames, all the painting
frames, all still hanging on these coat racks here. That's also super interesting to see. I've never seen anybody do it before, but
it gives a very unique look to the hallway of this place, like it's some sort of place
of a mad artist, I must say. Wonderful letter suitcase here, still a newspaper
inside of it. Okay, always open chests; it's my thing. But this one is completely full of rubble. Then there's some sort of a study desk over
here in the hallway. It must have been wonderful back in the time
to sit here, study, do your work, do your accountancy, and have this overview of the
courtyard behind you, especially in Autumn and in spring when it was completely in bloom. Wow, wonderful dog statue on top of here. CLM Mattis, CLM; we haven't seen that name
coming by before. And this is a paw of a deer that's laying
here. Another letter from 1913, the 16th of February
1913, such a long time ago. Here we have some games left behind. Wow, it's like an early-day ping pong, made
in France. Yookari or wow, these are all the games that
the children used to play with. I really enjoy this one; it's like, I think
it's the throw-in, and then it falls into the chute with the coin with the score that
you had, and then if you throw it inside of the frog's mouth, then you would have the
high score. Let's see if we put a coin. These are metal coins, pretty heavy. Put one inside the frog's mouth, and then
it falls in the 1,000 point chute. This is so cool, everybody. I've never seen something like this before,
but it's probably completely handmade for the people that lived in this house. Wow, one more look at the frog; it's also
made out of metal. Not a single piece of plastic has been used
in this machine, in this contraption. So many interesting things here in a hallway. We also have this owl standing here on the
stand. Wow, it's beautifully made, gives this place
a very unique vibe. A broken painting underneath it, very royal,
somewhere in the backyard of a castle. Wow, I think he shoe shining or something. A couple more things on this side that I have
to show. Jack, then the shoes of the former people. I think these are snow boots; they're definitely
heavy-duty boots that would be used in the winter time to traverse these lands. An upholstered chair, the lion made into the
ladder, and the ladder is also chipping up, as you can see over the years. This might have been the cage for the owl. No, the owl would not be sitting in such a
cage, but there was definitely a bird inside of this place at one point, probably that
bad bird that will be sitting inside of this cage here. Oh, there are so many children's toys left
behind. So far, I only know of one child, a son that
used to live here, and unfortunately, that son passed away very early in life. That's the only thing I know about the children
of this place. Here you can see this was one of the traditional
steps or a scooter, I would say. Let's also have a look in the room that's
right next to here in the hallway. Very large doors as well that lead into, I
think, a completely cluttered up room. What I could see from the side of my eye—there's
so, so much stuff inside of this room. Whoa, I don't even know where to look—old
computers, furniture that they didn't need anymore, thousands and thousands of books
left behind, children's toys. See over here. But I think one of the most prominent features
of this room is by far the fireplace in it. And I think this was some sort of a grand
dining room at some point when people still lived here, wonderfully made out of stone,
absolutely wonderful, even the upholstery up there. And then these lanterns hanging here in the
middle of the room. I can imagine there being a large dining table
here inside of this room. That's probably the case. Wow, so many children's toys left behind inside
of this castle. Oh, look at the entranceway, look at the entrance
to this room, the woodwork up there, absolutely amazing. Okay, very difficult to go through here and
another children's stroller standing here in the middle of the pathway. But probably I haven't talked about this yet,
but I'm going to talk about it right now. Since 2005, the place has been abandoned;
no maintenance has been done anymore on this section. And as you can see, it has completely collapsed
and has created a hole in the ceiling. It's dripping inside, leaking inside, snow
has been covering that area. This book shouldn't be here; it's going to
be destroyed soon, and it's already destroyed. There's no saving it anymore. This wonderful upholstery chair standing here,
so sad to see that this is crumbling like that. Even more picture frames over here on the
walls. And I'm wondering about what we have behind
here, like an holster for something. I don't think it's for a sword, but I'm not
sure what for. Okay, everybody, this was the hallway. Now it's time to go into the other section
of the castle. Absolutely crazy; this roof, you can literally
look into the sky. Okay, let's say goodbye to this hallway and
let's turn around to the other section of this place because here we come into the main
part of this castle, the main hallways, the main corridors. This one piqued my interest. I love the upholstery on it, so this is the
one that we're going to see first, really beautiful, beautiful. A very small doorway leading further into
another magnificent bedroom. Absolutely wonderful. And this looks like it's the master bedroom
of this place, like literally where the owners of these people, of this castle, slept. Wow, oh my, even here, like the paint of the
ceiling, it's dripping off, it's falling apart. The first prominent thing in this room is
definitely the closet, a really beautiful one. All the clothes of the owners are still inside
of it, as you can see. These are the clothes of the woman that lived
here. She was the last one living in this place,
but she moved out because she didn't want to live in such a big place alone after her
husband passed away. As you can see, some of her clothes she didn't
take with her; she left them all behind. What happened to her or why the children don't
want this place anymore is completely unknown to us. Here you have again a wonderful bed, as you
can see, with very thick blankets and very thick pillows on top of it. Wow, carved wood at the end, very prominent. This is where the slab is, but it seems like
a 1 person bed, but beds in France are, in general, very small, so this could have also
been a two-person bed. That we are seeing here in the corner of this
room, we also have an enormous vault, as you can see. And this one is made in Paris. The emblem, oh, it's very stuck, but you can
see over here it says 'Made In Paris.' Very old piece from 1800, I think. No, that's just the street where it's made. Here are the keyholes where it would open
up, some display pieces on top of it, and even a trophy to this side, 1972 it says on
there. I'm very, very much wondering what would be
left inside such a large safe. Whenever we come across safes, they are mostly
closed, and we don't get to look inside of its contents. A vanity left here to this side with a wonderful
chair in front of it, water jug, some upholstered small paintings on the wall. I see a small doorway here, and it literally
draws me inside because it has the stone wall at the end. Really curious to see where this leads to,
probably like to the bathroom or something. Oh my gosh, everybody, look at this, no way,
this was the toilet for this bedroom. We have such an extravagant bedroom, and then
you have a toilet with literally a hole. I'm not going to open it up because I think
some people might have used it, but it's a very strange sight. That's really cool; I cannot even turn in
here, that's how small it is. Okay, wow, that was cool to see. See what we have to this side of the bedroom,
another hand-crafted painting, some French noble Frenchmen riding the countryside. Two stoves inside of this room, as I told
you before, it gets very, very cold in this part of the world, and they definitely needed
it. A gold-painted or gold-plated mirror above
the fireplace here, wow. I adore these pink upholstery chairs as well,
and then we got a very, very large library in front of us with hundreds of books inside
of it, probably to digest before bed for the owners of the place. And a small chair, a big chair, a big upholstered
chair underneath this canopy here, where they could sit, enjoy the book that they were reading. Also, I can see a small hookah here, a small
water pipe, wow. Maybe they loved to smoke this as well, like
reading a book, smoking a hookah over here, and just enjoying the evening, maybe with
a nice cognac that they distilled themselves. Must have been a very nice thing to do before
bed. And then these pink curtains as well, dividing
that space off. Such a lovely place. Also, have this closet to this side, still
completely filled with all the clothes of these people. Wow, okay, nice room, really liked it. It's one of the better rooms that I've ever
seen. Okay, and I can see through this very, very
small doorway that we have over here, we can go into the next bedroom of this place. Let me turn around to the camera so you can
see me going through there. Just let's give you a perspective of me standing
next to it. Back in those times in the 1700s, the people
were, of course, very, very small, and they might have fit through here. In those periods, they might have been this
size. But this also leads, in my opinion, I think,
into a bedroom, and this was not like the main door; it was like the emergency door
that would lead into the next room. This was definitely one of the children's
bedrooms, as you can see. Let's turn around; let me show you this bedroom. It's completely made out of very light colors,
whites and pinks, and this seems like looking from the design of it that this might have
been like the daughter's room. I haven't found any clues yet of the daughter's,
of a daughter, but you can see there are also these ballerinas left behind and these dolls
that we have over here, a gramophone, wow, that's also beautiful. Really love the flower arrangements in this
room. And then we have a closet over here, still
with some of the clothes left inside. And then we have a lovely seating area, a
vanity with a mirror, a small desk, a water jug, some personal items left behind, and
then we get to the main part of the room, which has these beautiful pink and white curtains,
a large bed, some framed pictures on the walls, and even a small dresser with some accessories
on it, like jewelry boxes and more personal items. This room really gives us a sense of the person
who used to live here, and it's beautifully preserved in time. I hope you enjoyed this exploration of this
bedroom, and there's more to see in this incredible house, so stay tuned for the next room. Thank you for joining me on this journey through
the past. Okay, I think we can close this one up, and
then you have like a hidden doorway over here that leads to the next bedroom on that side. Beautiful things, praying chairs. The main setup, the two praying chairs standing
on each side, and all these small knick-knacks above up there, wow. Okay, let's go back to this side. I think she also made this herself; it's like
a brewery or something of a house. Doesn't represent this castle, of course. I also love all the large, enormously large
pillows, overly sized pillows that we have on all these beds throughout the house, and
also these ballerinas, these shoes still left here, made in France and Paris. Wow, see what we have in this closet again,
still filled with all the bed linen. 'Souvenir' means something with family. And then we can go further through here into
another bedroom that's directly behind this one. Let's see. Wow, wow, this is an absolutely cool bedroom
with two beds, probably for two more children, as I can count so far. There must have at least been already four
children that lived in this place, maybe also grandchildren, other family members, but there's
definitely more than one son to this family. Even an animal skin or rug, an animal rug,
lying here on top of the bed, also still made. He had a bookcase next to it, a library next
to it, all his favorite books, his or her's favorite books, still left in there, wow,
beautiful. This looks like a china face or something
and then this dragon, everything is still filled to the brim with stuff. Oh, I love this as well, they have these small
tags on there, and this says, for example, 'decoration for Christmas,' and this has clothes,
tissues, wow, they stored all their stuff over there. I can wander through these rooms for days,
looking at all the stuff inside of them. Small nightstand here with a marble top, another
bed to this side, here we have a library again, stocked with books, an animal rug, Bernard
Clal, and these are small souvenirs seemingly from places in France that I might have visited
over the years and brought these souvenirs back. Let's see if we can get it in focus. It's a church somewhere or a cathedral somewhere
in France. Wow, a Christmas globe that doesn't function
anymore. These are dried-up plants, and they have been
framed over here. 'Lookie Look' Daisy Town, wonderful comic. This is a French comic if I'm not mistaken. Right, comic lovers, please tell me because
I know Belgium has a lot of comics; we have Tintin and The Smurfs and stuff like that,
but France has 'Looky Look,' I think. I'm not 100% sure. Oh, look at this, toy trains that are standing
here on top of the fireplace, wow, all the toys that children used to play with. Oh my, then the fireplace itself, wonderful
ceramic fireplace again with the hanging mirror above it. All the toys are still neatly stacked throughout
the rooms. You can really get a sense of the children
that lived in this place, that played in this place. Toy trains made out of tin still left here. This was a very famous toy back in those days. I don't know the name for it; I never played
with it. When my parents once showed it to me, and
all the toys back then were all made out of metal and out of tin, instead out of plastic
like we see now as toys nowadays. I just talked about The Smurfs a second ago,
that they were from my country, from Belgium, and here you can see them, a little music
box from The Smurfs, wow. Here we have a little display with all these
piggy banks, all these pigs. See, they are all piggy banks, very interesting. They are definitely collectors of anything
regarding a pig for some reason. No, really cool to see. Wow, let's give you one overview, completely
covered in spider webs by now. And then they also had this sitting area over
here for the children, could just enjoy, maybe read a comic, have their own space a little
bit. Some coral and shells they collected at the
beach, very fancy ones, I must say. And then it seems like there also slept a
child inside of this room or a baby maybe even. This is a baby's crib that's been set up here
in this room, a very cool one, and I love the woodwork on it, very unique design. I've never seen a baby crib like this before. And all the perfume bottles, all underneath
here, incredible, absolutely incredible. All the books and stones, what a room, everybody. One last overview of this one before we go
further throughout this magnificent place. From the wide room, we are back in the hallway
of the place. I cannot open it anymore; it's completely
stuck. Here also, I love the design that they made
with the stone masonry around it, and then it's literally peeling off, the wallpaper
is peeling off. Then we can go further to the right. Here we have a stairway leading up and also
one leading down, but there's also one more room behind here. Oh, this was the bathroom, and you can definitely
see that this place has been added on later. We saw that beautiful bathtub in the first
room that we visited, but here is a little bit more modern and probably also a normal
toilet, as you can see at the end here, a boiler above it, yeah, beautiful. And even that toothbrushes and everything
are still left up here. Goldgate toothbrushes. Wonderful drawing, one of the children's names
written on it, cannot see anything, okay, it's time, everybody. Let's first go downstairs and then later we
will come back and show you the upstairs, but I think I want to go to The Living Spaces
first. A wooden staircase on this side, no stone
or anything, just a complete wooden staircase. Oh, we see all these pots already over here. Oh my gosh, this section of the house is a
total mess; there's so many things in here. It seems like it also used to be some sort
of a place for the children, see all their posters on the walls, all their toys stacked
throughout here, very interesting. And all the dolls of the little girl that
lived here are also hanging here from the fireplace. Yeah, definitely multiple children that lived
here, wow, it's beautiful, even the last ashes are still in this fireplace. I'm in awe of why this room is like this,
why it's stacked to the brim with stuff, but this you see like in when places get abandoned
before they get abandoned, people start to hoard a lot, and I don't have a theory for
it yet, but I'm still trying to figure out why people do this. It's like a little side room also filled with
all the toys of the children, all the comic books, and here we see underneath the staircase
even more of those comic books that have been left. Behind, a wonderful room. Also, all these computers stacked through
it. They remind me of my childhood when my father
got me my first computer when I was 6 years old, and I loved it so much, and I studied
software engineering and everything afterwards. I really adore that when children, when I
see those in abandoned places, that reminds me of my childhood. I'll give you one more look at all the dolls
that have been stacked on top of here before we go further. Wow, another amazing poster. Oh, this seems like a very, very cool room
that we are entering into. Oh my gosh, isn't it absolutely amazing, the
arch spanning across the ceiling over here? This is the typical medieval room that I was
talking about and what this Castle reminds me of. This really reminds me of those medieval castles,
like the one I've filmed in Italy, for example. I will link it up here; I uploaded it a long
time ago. I'll link it up here. This was a castle from 950, and this was a
true medieval castle. Definitely check it out. But this one definitely reminds me of that
one. A tapestry, beautiful painting worked into
a tapestry standing here, and then a display cabinet still completely filled with all these
shot glasses, presumably because they were Cognac distillers; they also needed a lot
of glasses to let people taste all the beautiful refined Cognac. Wow, these are amazing, probably also all
made from Crystal, beautiful. Now we have a chest over here with chest on
top of it. I love the horn that we have lying here. I've been recently in Iceland, and it really
reminds me of my time in that wonderful country. I'm not going to open this chest; what's inside
is going to be a mystery forever for us. There, also in the corner of this room, really
beautifully in the corner of this room, this piano over here where the owners of the place
presumably used to play some tunes back in the time. Still plays, as you can see. Gavo is made in Paris. Wow, look at this. It's presumably a picture of the former owners
of this place. They look wonderful, so chic, so classy. See if I can put it back nicely. Yes, I can. And then here we have another picture, and
these are maybe the children. We see five people on this picture, one down
below there, so they might have five children. It's like linking up with the amount of bedrooms
that we have already seen in this place. Wonderful wonderful piano. And this is more like a sitting room, just
an enjoying room, maybe to drink something, to enjoy each other's company, to talk about
the days that they had. Super chandelier hanging here in the middle
of the room. And then we have the fireplace with the mirror
that spans all the way to the ceiling. I think this one has been made especially
for this room. Wow, beautiful marble fireplace underneath
it, the sheer board pattern, and Maria and Joseph to either side of it. Here we have another little desk, completely
filled with all kinds of things. ESO, wow, beautiful. A little footrest as well here in front. Let's see the next room that we have right
behind here. Ah, look, everybody, this used to be the dining
room of this space. This is again a very beautiful room inside
of this house, one of the most beautiful, I would say. Like here, all the business would be conducted. The customers came here to taste the coke
and enjoy the company of the former owners. And all the children, together with the parents,
would be sitting here, like we said before, five children, two parents, seven in total,
could be true because there are eight chairs around the table, and this table can also
be expanded into a bigger one. Really adore the upholstered chairs they have,
beh have of around this piece. Look above here, a wonderful chandelier, this
crown molding, this beautiful brown crown molding at the top of it, absolutely amazing. Here at the end of the room, again, there
is a lot of rubble, and I'm not sure why that is. Pall Street chairs in the corner. I look at this enormous cabinet that we have
standing over here, literally the size of this room. This room is double my height, with all these
wonderful plates, these design plates still inside of it, salt and pepper, and all the
glasses, probably to pour their distilled cognacs to their guests and let them enjoy
the things. They made want to pull out one of these to
see at the back. This is made in Bavaria, Germany. Wow, definitely lovers of art as well, lots
of letters and booklets still left here. This is a letter cover for a booklet, amazing. Can see if I can open it up; there's even
still some gems inside of here. Wow, all the glasses as well at the top, an
upholstery chair standing here in the corner of the room, really beautiful one, absolutely
amazing. Can see the flower work, the wallpaper with
the flowers, but also some mold forming here in the corner. It's very sad to see that places like this
get devoured in every single corner of the place. Look at this fireplace, the mirror above there
expanding the whole section of the wall, that dried-up plants in the need, giving it character,
making it what the room is. And then this wonderful French marble fireplace
and the KN there, beautiful colors, beautiful nerves as well in here, wow. And then even this tile, I really enjoy as
well; you don't see this often in France, cool. And even the last ashes are still in there. Okay, I really adore this fireplace that we
have in this room. Let's see, we have to this side, it's a little
stand with some artifacts and some beautiful handmade things on top of it. You can see this one is made by Pow, it's
made by Reys. This one even has a small Church on it and
a road. See if I can bring it into Focus; it's beautiful. Wow, it's also hand-carved. I think all of them that we have here are
completely hand-carved. Wow, what's this that we have down here? Oh, I think it's some sort of a candle, but
it's also engraved... Carved, and then they also had this bench,
this airy bench here to the side, with some paintings on top of it. I love the last one we have over here, this
young man holding one of those swords in his hand that we saw upstairs. Grand shutters, this mesh, this beautiful
mesh curtain in front of it, and then another cabinet standing here in the corner of the
room, everything still standing here. Wow, there in the corner of the room, we have
another painting of a bunny or something that has been slaughtered and leaned. That's crazy. Okay, let's open up these huge doors. See, these doorways even have 'SD' engraved
in them. Don't know what that means, but here you come
into an entrance hall of this place. Wow, the statue that's looking at me here
in front of it is absolutely amazing. It's probably completely made out of wood. You can see it has chipped off a little bit
over the years, holding like a little scepter, beautiful beautiful statue, probably something
religious. Let me just give you first an overview of
this hallway. This is where the people came in, this is
where they were greeted inside of the household. I think this is like a little washing basin;
you could wash your hands before you came into the house. It's completely covered in spider webs by
now. Wow, okay, wonderful. I cannot stop looking at this statue that
we have standing over here in the corner; it's so, so beautiful in my opinion. Lots of tools also left behind, very traditional
tools, I would say, coffee grinder, and this is uh, something that's been welded up, is
also pretty heavy, some sort of artwork of a guy blowing a trumpet, beautiful. And let's see this last room. I'm going to first give you a view from this
side of the hallway; this to give you a sense of the doorway that's behind there, a beautiful
place. Now, let's see this last room that we have
on this downstairs level here. Oh my gosh, the amount of clutter that's inside
of here. But this used to be the kitchen of the house
where the food was cooked, where the bellies were filled, all these small notes on here,
names and things they should remind themselves of, still on there. A big couch over there in the corner, all
the clothes, and here you can see all more modern things throughout it. Wow, oh, this is beautiful. Here we have the fridge with some drawings
of the children still on there; that's so cute. I must say, wow, the children all made this
for their parents and grandparents. Even a couple of things still left in there. It's a pretty cool kitchen, I would say. All the kitchen utensils and all the dishes
are still left over there. What I always see is that you have the drying
rack here, and the people that washed the last dishes and never even got to put them
away; it's one of the last things that these people ate with. Wow, then a grand grand fireplace in the middle
of this room here where all the food was cooked. Oh, and something grabs my attention here
again. We can see 'SB' carved into the fireplace. I'm not sure what that means, though. I have absolutely no clue. It might have been the former initials or
something from this family. See how black it became over the years from
continuously cooking inside of here. Salt, coffee, tea, pepper, spices... all the spices still on top of here, completely
covered in a layer of grime and dust, and all the wood as well over here to light up
this fireplace. Absolutely amazing traditional skill. And in the corner, so many things. And this used to be also a table where the
family used to have dinner together back in the time. Okay, lovely lovely kitchen. [Music] We have one last section of this Castle still
to see. Remember when I told you that I would take
the stairway downstairs first? Now we are back into this hallway, and we're
going to take this stairway up to the last part, to the upper floors. But you have to look over there; literally,
the piece is falling out, so it's pretty dangerous going up here. Let's do it very carefully and let's see what's
left behind on those upper floors of this place. Wow! Oh my gosh, really, only the window is falling
out, and the piece over here is completely broken. Okay, let's step over here. Yes, we made it to the top floor of this Castle. Okay, let's see. We have one more room here to the left. Oh my gosh, everybody, this is yet another
bedroom inside of this place with two more slate beds for presumably the children that
lived here or maybe guests that came by. We now saw that there were five children in
this family, but this is already the sixth and the seventh bed, or the eighth bed already. I'm not 100% sure how much we saw already,
but I think the seventh bed. Wonderful mahogany wood slate beds, still
made, as you can see. And I love that these two beds are right next
to the fireplace. It must have been very cozy when you were
sleeping here, and a fire would be here burning away, making sounds. It must have been very peaceful for the children
who slept in these rooms. Lots of knickknacks and ornaments on top of
here, even a candle that has been half-burned. Wow, tapestry on the wall, a lot of flower
designs also in this room on the wallpaper, the picture frames, the beds still made over
here. Wow, look at this dried up... Flowers, okay. What's this over here? We got a little piece of cloth that looks
like some sort of a neck collar, but I'm not sure exactly 100%. It looks like you would wear it, but does
anybody in the comment section have a clue what this is? And these are also very special. These are collectible, and I only know the
Dutch word for them. It's like 'fingerhoedjes,' but in English,
I have no clue what the name for it is. They are like little things that you put on
your fingers, but they have like hundreds and hundreds of these all laying still here. Some of them are very, very valuable. Wow, they're all made of porcelain. There's a little child sitting here in a high
chair, a cute high chair. Wonderful! Look, everybody, this bedroom even has a little
small bed in the corner of the room. A little small slate bed standing here with
the dolls of the children still inside of it. This is so incredibly cute, and I love that
they made these high-quality toys for the children back in those days. Nowadays, all the toys are made out of plastic
and are throwaways. This one lasts for hundreds of years. I really adore it. The blue curtains next to it, wow! Inside of this room, there's also one of those
baby grips, even more of those things to put on your fingers. Let's have a look at them. 'Bobstarch' or something. In English, the 'falling islands.' All these are from all over the world, and
they also have two in copper over here. Wow, that's beautiful. Paul Faul painted this, and it looks like
a landscape that we have around the house. Okay, there's one more room behind here. Here, wow, this is also a really beautiful
bedroom. Look at these thick bed sheets that we have
over here, the pillows, the bed sheets, everything. Amazing! They have the alphabet here on the wall embroidered. Another one over here, and this one has the
letter 'C' embroidered in it. So many letters and 'BR' in it. Wow! And here, everybody, we have a drawing of
the castle that we are visiting today. Amazing! Have a look at this wonderful slate bed here
in the corner of the room with a very small crystal chandelier above it. And then, back here in the room, they also
had a toilet and a little washing basin and even this privacy screen and everything. Wow! A little stand with a water jug, and I think
somebody turned 22 inside of the castle. And a little poster with all the perfumes. Wow, amazing place, amazing room. Let's see if there's something else up here
that's of interest. See, even more of those children's playing
blocks left behind. And I think I see a picture over here of a
dog running through a field. Wow, this seems like a very interesting drawer,
handwritten notes and everything. Let's see this one. It's signed very beautifully, all calculations
on this side. So many things left in here. Oh wow, a picture of flowers. And here, we got a family picture, everybody. Look at this; it's absolutely amazing. Okay, lots of chairs as well here in the hallway,
and I think we come into another bedroom. Oh, look at these beautiful high heels that
we have over here, these boots. Wow, they're amazing. Oh my my, there's a very fancy bedroom up
here. Look at this, jeez, with a grand fireplace
as well in this one, a stove, and the needed a marble stove. Ashes still inside of it, the newspapers still
lying on top of it. December 1958, this one is from. The wallpaper peeling off the fireplace, and
I think we got pictures of their forefathers hanging here on the wall. Wow, this one is from 1885, everybody. That's absolutely. Crazy, this one is one of my favorite rooms
in the bat. With the bat-sheet here, the paint has fallen
from the ceiling and has drizzled over the bed. I think these are one of the oldest bedrooms
inside of the house, probably haven't been used in forever. The bed still smells a little bit. And here we have a little sort of glass display
box to put some jewelry inside that came from Dijon, a city in France. Beautiful pictures of their forefathers, a
clock face above it, a wonderful inlight with these mosaic pieces. And I really, really, really adore this painting
that we have over here. It's like a dark style painting and it depicts
an old French landscape or an old French meeting of people. I think they're standing in front of a building
there, wonderful. Let's also have a look at the pictures and
things on this side. This is something very common they would do. They would put a picture of their forefathers
on either side from their mother and their father. Wow, here we got another one. This man is from 1899. This was painted or drawn. Here we got another wonderful depiction, looks
like a noble man or something, maybe a forefather of this family. Okay, there are a couple more things in this
room. Here, on this side, we got another bed that's
raised up even higher. Does anybody actually have a clue why they
would use so many mattresses back then in those time periods? Like sometimes there are three or four mattresses
stacked on top of each other. Would it be more comfortable or something? Something I don't seem that this is very comfortable. Would only make it more difficult to get inside
of the bed, in my opinion. To lower class workers in old times of France,
plowing the lands, harvesting potatoes, as you can see, wonderful. And then they also had a large, large cabinet,
a large, large closet inside of this room, still filled with everything you would expect,
old things maybe made by the children. And a hanging mirror here on the wall. I love the lions that are carved on top of
it. Wow, beautiful. And I think this was one of the boxes where
these hats, they came in here. They're made by this company in Paris in 1889. Wow, one big overview of this room. Then we're going to see if we can even go
higher inside of this castle. I noticed that there was another stairway
behind here that leads up even higher inside of this place. But I think we have to be very, very careful
because certain parts of this castle are rotten away. Where are we entering into right now? Oh my, this seems very unstable. I'm always crazy to go up here. There's even another section to this side. It seems pretty interesting. Okay, this one doesn't seem so interesting
in my opinion. Let's see what else we can find. Maybe we have like... Oh, this is so dangerous, what I'm doing. As long as it doesn't break or I don't hear
cracking, I should be fine. Okay, okay, this section seems sturdy. I'm not sure, don't know where we're coming
to the Tower of the castle, I think. Yeah, this seems to be the Tower of this place. Up there is like a bird's nest, and you can
also see outside. I don't know if it's safe to walk on here,
though it feels pretty sturdy, in my opinion. Oh, look at all the bird's nests inside of
there. Okay, there's no point in me going any further
because there's nothing else to see up here. Let's make our way back downstairs. [Music] I really enjoyed filming this abandoned place. I always adored going through these historical
abandoned castles. It's, for me, like walking through a museum
but then completely for myself and, of course, also for you because we take you with us. The SEL family that lived here, we figured
out that there were probably seven of them. Jean Pierre and Jean Lou, the man. We don't know the woman's name, unfortunately,
but it was such a beautiful place to wander through and to show you all the things. I hope you enjoyed it. If you did, please like the video, subscribe
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