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Baby Grand Piano chairs retro antique grandfather clock living room dining room Chateau Cacophonie Manoir Musique Music was my first love France Urbex Adam X Urban Exploration 2015 Abandoned decay lost forgotten derelict

Explore #147: Manoir Cacophonie / Chateau Musique, France – October 2015

July 15, 2016

Explore #5 of ‘The Royal Variety Tour’ Late afternoon on the first day of our France/Belgium weekender, the next location was a quick visit to a beautiful old manor house, buried in overgrown woodland on the outskirts of a French town… I don’t know anything about the history of this place – there are rumours that the owner now lives in Costa Rica, but who knows. It is clear that music, painting, and art in general was a big part…

Wallpaper room windows Chateau Colimacon Spiral France Urbex Adam X Urban Exploration 2015 Abandoned decay lost forgotten derelict

Explore #146: Chateau Colimaçon, France – October 2015

July 3, 2016

Adam X

Palaces, Castles & Mansions

Explore #4 of ‘The Royal Variety Tour’ Next up was this beautiful decaying old Castle with a rather special staircase… History Formerly a manor house built just before 1900, over time it was extended to a large mansion. Apparently the present owner is a wealthy engineer who now lives abroad whilst his chateau crumbles. The castle is nicknamed Colimaçon (which is French for ‘Spiral’) due to its incongruous but amazing back staircase which provides access to all floors from the…

War Planes Nord Noratlas France Urbex Adam X Urban Exploration 2015 Abandoned decay lost forgotten derelict

Explore #144: War Planes, France – October 2015

June 28, 2016

Adam X

Derps and Miscellaneous, France, Military Sites

Explore #2 of ‘The Royal Variety Tour’ After our middle-of-the-night stopover at the derelict race track at Reims, we arrived at our next location just after dawn on a foggy and cold late Autumn morning: some old war planes left decaying in a quiet corner of an airfield! History I don’t know much about the history of these particular planes. I am told that the main plane I photographed is a Nord Noratlas French military transport aircraft, intended to replace…