Sunday, October 3, 2021

The American father and son building a Gothic folly in France

 

A 94-year-old American man is fulfilling a dream by building a Gothic-inspired edifice in the heart of the French countryside.

Donald Russell, who is a retired palaeontologist, taught himself stone-carving as well as the principles of 13th century Gothic architecture – and gradually his masterwork is emerging from the Burgundy hills.  








https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-58743368