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Decadence and grandeur of a Sicilian palace

2020-10-02T05:18:04.270Z


IN IMAGES - The Palace of Castelluccio, near Syracuse, owes its rebirth to the obstinacy of a passionate producer, Jean-Louis Remilleux. A beautiful book restores all the grace of this house.


While some build castles in Spain, others settle in a palace in Sicily.

This kind of decision can be taken at the end of a long reflection or, as Jean-Louis Remilleux did, on a whim, without thinking of the consequences, that is to say of the tomorrows which sing and overdue hands that are disillusioning.

Two leaves of a monumental door opening by chance, one morning, onto an abandoned main courtyard, eaten away by vegetation, and the fleeting vision of two palm trees framing a heap of stone threatening ruin - and it is the start of an adventure that can become that of a lifetime.

Proust wrote very beautiful pages on the poetic force of proper names, their power of evocation and their capacity to awaken the wildest dreams.

Since the meeting of

Grand Meaulnes

and Yvonne in the area of ​​Galais, we know that some places have the same faculty.

There are ruins which are masterpieces and, no doubt, it is then advisable to abandon them to

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Source: lefigaro

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