Palais ideal

Ferdinand Cheval, often nicknamed Facteur Cheval, was a French mail carrier who spent 33 years building Le Palais idéal in , in southeastern France. It is regarded as an extraordinary example of naïve art architecture.
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of 305 metres (1,001 feet)
  • …is wheelchair accessible
  • …dates from 1879
  • …stands 12 metres (39 feet) tall
  • Also known as
    “Facteur Cheval”
    “Palais Idéal du Facteur Cheval”
    “Postman Cheval’s Ideal Palace”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Villa Alicius and Château d’Hauterives (Drôme).
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is a monument.
Gachepi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a castle, which is situated 250 metres south of Palais ideal.
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is a church, which is situated 400 metres west of Palais ideal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hauterives and Tersanne.
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is a commune in the department in southeastern .
Gachepi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a commune in the department in southeastern . is situated 3½ km south of Palais ideal.
Gachepi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a commune in the department in southeastern . is situated 4 km north of Palais ideal.

Palais ideal

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Latitude
45.25628° or 45° 15′ 23″ north
Longitude
5.02849° or 5° 1′ 43″ east
Open location code
8FQ7724H+G9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 415830718
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
11839234
Wiki­data ID
Q3361199

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In Other Languages

From Arpitan to Ukrainian—“Palais ideal” goes by many names.
  • Arpitan: “Palès idèâl du factor Chevâl”
  • Arpitan: “Palès idèâl du pedon Chevâl”
  • Arpitan: “Palès idèâl”
  • Catalan: “Palais Idéal”
  • Catalan: “Palay Cheval”
  • Czech: “Palais idéal”
  • Dutch: “palais idéal”
  • Esperanto: “Palaco Ideala”
  • French: “Le palais idéal du facteur cheval”
  • French: “Palais Idéal - Villa Alicius”
  • French: “palais idéal du facteur cheval”
  • French: “palais idéal”
  • French: “Palais idéal”
  • Italian: “Palazzo Cheval”
  • Italian: “Palazzo Ideale”
  • Japanese: “シュヴァルの理想宮”
  • Japanese: “シュバルの理想宮”
  • Japanese: “理想宮”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio Cheval”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio Ideal”
  • Russian: “Идеальный дворец почтальона Шеваля”
  • Russian: “Идеальный дворец”
  • Serbian: “Идеална палата”
  • Turkish: “İdeal Saray”
  • Ukrainian: “Ідеальний палац Фердінанда Шеваля”

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