France Chateau Port - dec. 2019

[ForgottenBuildings]

History:
Chateau Port was constructed in somewhere the middle of the 1800, somewhere in a small village in France. This building was build by a rich family which owned a lot of land in the region. In the second world war this chateau was captured by the german army to serve as a military headquarters for the Nazi's. After the war the chateau was given back to the family.

Our visit:
We started our explore without any knowledge if the place was accessible or still abandoned in general, we only had a article of a local newspaper which said that this chateau closed down due to deferred maintenance. Luckily after a hike trough the forest we could enter the chateau relatively easy. So we were inside, The interior was absolutely insane, I really didn't expect that it was this nice inside. Unfortunately the decay in the castle wasn't that far so it felt kinda sketchy and not abandoned sometimes, but nonetheless it was a great place to visit!

Elegance by ForgottenBuildings, on Flickr

Historic ballroom by ForgottenBuildings, on Flickr

Decay Chateau by ForgottenBuildings, on Flickr

Decay Chateau by ForgottenBuildings, on Flickr

Decay Chateau by ForgottenBuildings, on Flickr

Room 207 by ForgottenBuildings, on Flickr

Miracle morning by ForgottenBuildings, on Flickr

Decay Chateau by ForgottenBuildings, on Flickr

Decay Chateau by ForgottenBuildings, on Flickr

Ballroom by ForgottenBuildings, on Flickr

Hallway by ForgottenBuildings, on Flickr

Room 101 by ForgottenBuildings, on Flickr

Room 101 by ForgottenBuildings, on Flickr

Lobby by ForgottenBuildings, on Flickr

Grand stairwell by ForgottenBuildings, on Flickr

Grand stairwell by ForgottenBuildings, on Flickr

Decaying corridor by ForgottenBuildings, on Flickr

Stairwell by ForgottenBuildings, on Flickr

Neglected Elegance by ForgottenBuildings, on Flickr

Library by ForgottenBuildings, on Flickr


I also made a video about this place were I tell more about the history of this place and from our adventure in general:

Thanks for watching and coming this far!

 

[Tomvandutch]

Wow, great Location

 

[Andy]

Nice building. I particularly like the murals in the second photo and the red wallpaper in pic 8. Also an interesting video.

 

[obscureserenity]

Oh wow, that looks beautiful. Well done for finding this Great report!

 

[The_Raw]

Wow that's super nice. It does look very fresh though and very much like a hotel. Is that your car outside the window of the reception/bar area?

 

[ForgottenBuildings]

Wow that's super nice. It does look very fresh though and very much like a hotel. Is that your car outside the window of the reception/bar area?

Thx man! It was really fresh, maybe a bit too fresh for my taste. The car in front was also abandoned (Tires were flat).

 

[AndyK!]

As others have said..... Wow!!
Fantastic find there, this place is amazing

 

[jones-y-gog]

Stunning place, I love the shot of the hallway with red carpet ?

 

[AntonyM]

Great photos. Is "Chateau Port" the normal nickname for here? I always called it Chateau Bibliotheque.
Weird how that car outside keeps moving
Did you set off the alarm on the 2nd floor?

 

[ForgottenBuildings]

Great photos. Is "Chateau Port" the normal nickname for here? I always called it Chateau Bibliotheque.
Weird how that car outside keeps moving
Did you set off the alarm on the 2nd floor?

Thx! Chateau Bibliotheque sounds better though and really is the car moving?
Also there waren't any alarms in the chateau

 

[AntonyM]

Thx! Chateau Bibliotheque sounds better though and really is the car moving?
Also there waren't any alarms in the chateau

The car seems to be facing the opposite way here:

And the alarm was just by here:

 

[ForgottenBuildings]

The car seems to be facing the opposite way here:
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And the alarm was just by here:
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Weird, the car seems to be a completely different car. When we visited it, it was a grey Opel. So they probably switched the cars for some reason. Also i looked at the strange black thing but i didn't noticed it.