Sf inheriting a castle can be a dream, apprentice lords are often overwhelmed by the scale of the maintenance that a historic building requires. This was apparently the case of the Bogdanoff brothers with the Château d’Esclignac.
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Magnificent medieval ensemble whose foundations date from the 11th centurye century, this Occitan castle was purchased by the famous twins in 1986. However, according to Cédric Davant-Lannes, president of the preservation of Gascon heritage interviewed by France 3 Occitanie, the building has absolutely not been maintained since then .
“Half of the beams of the main roof have already fallen, that’s 40 tonnes weighing on the ground of 4e floor and the roof completely twisted. It’s raining inside and out, the cracks and gaps are so large,” he said sorry.
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What to do ?
If the former presenters of Time had their heads too much in the stars to worry about it while they were alive, their death, which occurred in 2021 and 2022, after contracting Covid-19 against which they had not been vaccinated, did not help matters. ‘affair.
This time, it is not so much a question of frivolity in the interview as of slowness in the succession. Still according to Cédric Davant-Lannes, there is a procedure allowing the Drac to take matters in hand. Unfortunately, being in a situation of joint ownership, none of the heirs can undertake work or sell the building. The castle therefore has, as it stands, no owner to seize.
In the meantime, the condition of the monument is deteriorating, and each disaster risks making its renovation more costly and delicate. If the castle does not collapse by then: the windows have disappeared and the vegetation has taken over, while the roof of the main building suffers from a major breach.
