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Rocamadour, France

10mon 7d ago by lemmy.world/u/PugJesus in inhabitedbeauty

The effort to build such places, before the Industrial Revolution, must've been incredible.

The castle-building project in France really shows what it took.

Well, the rock was already there, the stones are local. Enterprising group of monks thought - good place to attract rich tourists (kings etc.) - apparently they made a profit by inventing a saint and selling indulgences. Human nature hasn't changed much.