A Belle Epoque enigma!

[@ericbabcock846]

THNX fer tour love art nouveau Great soundtrack EBABCOCK

[@deanedge5988]

Exquisite

[@chemokiki]

This is thee most amazing villa EVER !!! Another great walk-through was done by Stephanie and Philip on their channel "Chateau Diaries" and I was hooked and enthralled! Your coverage is excellent and I especially enjoyed the closing with the Before and After images! This gentleman/builder had a fantastic vision no doubt aided by his opium habits. Colors on the floor via the stained glass are magnificent. I must come and see it for myself! Thank you!

[@gky7170]

artistic geniuses exist in all epochs! I would love to spend one night in that homage to Art Nouveau!

[@ottaviacasagrande4429]

I personally love the bathtub and would love to take a bath there!!😜

[@robinredbeard]

Wow, That is a style I adore. What a gift to the world left by the creators and restorers and those that funded it. 🙏

[@RobertaFierro-mc1ub]

I deleted my offensive comment..I was referring to a male who committed a hate crime. He pushed a white gentleman off a train platform two days ago in NYC. In no.way did I mean to relay my anger toward this awesome documentary. Thanks to this wonderful gem, I feel RENEWED and full of love and beauty. Thst is whst Art Nouvau means to me!

[@flimpjekijken]

Really nice documentary of a part of Art Nouveau that was thus far unknown. Will visit next time I am in the south of France!

[@ottaviacasagrande4429]

Thanks!! It's an amazing place, definitely worth a visit!!

[@Tuckerz5d]

Very interesting. I’m familiar with the art nouveau “greatest hits,” but have never heard of Chateau Laurens - fantastic. I hope I get to see it in person.

[@ottaviacasagrande4429]

The link to the site is in the description

[@eliseereclus3475]

Quelle merveille ! Merci de nous l'avoir fait découvrir : -)))

[@LJB103]

That bath is a dream in mosaics! Wonderful home.

[@cordeliaadams4898]

Wonderful documentary!

[@mattwelcome2154]

wow ,, words are surperfluous absolutely outstanding

[@mikehill3728]

Fascinatingly beautiful! The overly flowery decoration of every surface is dizzying! And in answer what others commented, the sound quality was not a problem for me.

[@ottaviacasagrande4429]

Thanks!! It doesn't sound so bad in my computer either...

[@johnnzboy]

Super fascinating, thanks for revealing this architectural treasure.

[@ottaviacasagrande4429]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@arriyad1arriyad649]

Thank you for the discovery !!

[@jaccovanduin]

Superbe!! What a Glorious house build by a very intriguing man. By the way, I had no problem at all with hearing your voice, oke, maybe a little “echo”, but I prefer that to all the AI voice overs you hear these says Again 🦋🙏🏽🦋

[@user-fj3ul1td3t]

Once filled with lost Carlo Bugatti furniture, silk road textiles, and oriental art. An art nouveau version of Lord Leighton house.

[@ottaviacasagrande4429]

Well spotted!! Leighton house will feature in a future zigzag episode!!

[@ericbabcock846]

Her Mic is on the camera so room acoustics are " echoing "

[@sjornammonsen3334]

Sublime.

[@cskarbek1]

curious audio quality -- why does she have an echo? sounds like she was in a cave instead of that room.

So where did all of this indulgent wealth all come from? Perhaps French Colonialism? Perhaps the Roman Catholic Doctrine Of Discovery? "What's yours in now ours." 💙

[@ottaviacasagrande4429]

Apparently, the distant cousin Emanuel inherited from was an engineer not directly linked to colonialism. He built mainly public buildings in France. But then, where the public money came from it's hard to trace....

[@lyndaherrera277]

What’s with the echo chamber? Very distracting.

[@ottaviacasagrande4429]

So sorry...

[@kenboydart]

@@ottaviacasagrande4429 you are instantly forgiven for this transgression because I enjoyed this documentary very much and proves once again Just when you think you know a lot about a subject, there's still more to learn so thank you......

[@ottaviacasagrande4429]

​@@kenboydart Coming from printed journalism, I'm getting used to all the technical aspects of video making. The next one will be better, sound wise and also video wise, I promise!!

[@arelendil7]

Ottavia, could you please re-do the audio? It is quite difficult to understand. It is seems so interesting, it is a pitty!

[@ottaviacasagrande4429]

Yeah, I'm sorry. The mic didn't work very well that day... I'll try to redo it asap. There should be the subtitles though...

[@ajscaffandthebandoles]

@@ottaviacasagrande4429 Was it a lav mic or were you using an onboard mic in the camera?

[@ottaviacasagrande4429]

@@ajscaffandthebandoles It was an external mic on the camera, but something went wrong. I got a lav since

[@bettinarossi7908]

Horrified that your other videos show the killing of defenseless beautiful wildlife. Definitely not subscribing! Horrible.

[@bkseventy]

Very intriguing concept however I wont watch it because the quality of your microphone is so poor.