What really amazes people is that in one of the rooms there is still light, which is really not what you would expect to see in an abandoned house in the middle of the river.
Known as La maison dans la Loire (The House on the Loire) , the three-story building that looks like the victim of a devastating flood is lying on its side in the middle of the river.
A floating house on the Loire River.
Walking along the Loire, near the town of Lavau-sur-Loire, just a short distance from Nantes, you are bound to come across a rather unusual sight – a leaning building in the middle of the river.
You would think the house was brutally washed away by some catastrophic flood, but it was actually placed there by a shipwreck company at the request of a local artist. France.
Today, the House in the Loire is one of the highlights of river cruises on the Loire.
The House in the Loire is the brainchild of French artist Jean-Luc Courcoult, who created it within the framework of the 2007 Estuaire Art Exhibition, where he invited a number of international artists to create works large scale inspired by the Loire River and its estuary nearby.
The abandoned house floating in the middle of the river still lights up every night.
Interestingly, the abandoned house is a 1:1 replica of a former inn in Lavau-Sur-Loire, now turned into a pancake shop.
Courcoult created an almost identical replica from cast concrete, and placed it on the right bank of the Loire but due to strong currents, high tides caused the building to overturn, after which the building was moved to the site. new point near the left bank.
To prevent floods or tides from washing away the house again, it was tied to the rocky bottom of the Loire.
Although House in the Loire looks strange during the day, its unusual location at night makes the building even more creepy, especially on nights when the wind blows through the windows.
But what really amazes people is that in one of the rooms there is still a light , which is really not what you would expect to see in an abandoned house in the middle of the river.
“I wonder if people have ever tried to swim to this mysterious house…? For safety reasons, I’m sure this is forbidden,” netizen commented.
At the present time, visitors can only watch the abandoned house from the two sides of the river or take a boat to move on the river.