When we spent an hour or two at the Château de Carrouges, on the southern edge of Normandy near Alençon, we took the guided tour of the interiors. That was my first time inside. Here's some of what I saw.
As I said in a recent comment, I was womdering when the last Le Veneur sold Carrouges to the French State for a little less than today $350K in 1936, if he sold it furnished. If it was the case, then the portraits are those of the Le Veneur de Tillières family.
I don't remember how I calculated that figure but it is obviously wrong. Wikipedia.fr says that the chateau was sold in 1936 for 200K francs. I just found a converter, france-inflation.con that gives a selling price of €16M or a little less than $18M. This is definitely better.
I deleted it because I wasn't sure if I had understood how 200,000 francs turned into 350,000 USD back in 1936. I also read the 200,000 francs figure on Wikipédia.
As I said in a recent comment, I was womdering when the last Le Veneur sold Carrouges to the French State for a little less than today $350K in 1936, if he sold it furnished. If it was the case, then the portraits are those of the Le Veneur de Tillières family.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember how I calculated that figure but it is obviously wrong. Wikipedia.fr says that the chateau was sold in 1936 for 200K francs. I just found a converter, france-inflation.con that gives a selling price of €16M or a little less than $18M. This is definitely better.
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ReplyDeleteI deleted it because I wasn't sure if I had understood how 200,000 francs turned into 350,000 USD back in 1936. I also read the 200,000 francs figure on Wikipédia.
DeleteWhatever the price, I’m glad the state owns this beautiful chateau and is taking good care of it. Beautiful pictures, Ken.
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