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[narrator] On his release,
Francois, now exiled from Louis
Royal Court in Paris, now exiled from Louis
Royal Court in Paris, retreats to his family's
dilapidated castle here in the Loire Valley. [Claire] Originally built
as a hunting lodge, the fortress has been
pretty much disused
for centuries, but he sets about
transforming it into a renaissance palace
Francois, now exiled from Louis
Royal Court in Paris, now exiled from Louis
Royal Court in Paris, retreats to his family's
dilapidated castle here in the Loire Valley. [Claire] Originally built
as a hunting lodge, the fortress has been
pretty much disused
for centuries, but he sets about
transforming it into a renaissance palace
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[narrator] On his release,
Francois,
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now exiled from Louis
Royal Court in Paris,
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now exiled from Louis
Royal Court in Paris,
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retreats to his family's
dilapidated castle
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here in the Loire Valley.
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[Claire] Originally built
as a hunting lodge,
00:00:15.367 --> 00:00:20.566
the fortress has been
pretty much disused
for centuries,
00:00:20.566 --> 00:00:22.006
but he sets about
transforming it
00:00:22.666 --> 00:00:24.367
into a renaissance palace.
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Movie Summary
The world's most incredible engineering projects are revisited to uncover why places full of mysteries and untold secrets are now abandoned ruins.
![[Meigs] They could see
great entertainers,
in their own living rooms. - Mysteries of the Abandoned](https://clip.cafe/img400/meigs-they-could-see-great-entertainers-in-their-own-living-rooms.jpg)
![[Bell] At one point, the pool
would have been kitted out - Mysteries of the Abandoned](https://clip.cafe/img400/bell-at-one-point-the-pool-would-have-been-kitted-out.jpg)
![[Steven] Captain Jack wanted
to return home - Mysteries of the Abandoned](https://clip.cafe/img400/steven-captain-jack-wanted-to-return-home.jpg)
![[narrator] Within a year,
the Aerojet-Dade Rocket
Development Facility - Mysteries of the Abandoned](https://clip.cafe/img400/narrator-within-a-year-the-aerojet-dade-rocket-development-facility.jpg)
![[narrator] In 1954,
Warner Brothers
sold the theater, - Mysteries of the Abandoned](https://clip.cafe/img400/narrator-in-1954-warner-brothers-sold-the-theater.jpg)
![[narrator] The Eichhorns
invested their own money - Mysteries of the Abandoned](https://clip.cafe/img400/narrator-the-eichhorns-invested-their-own-money.jpg)
![[narrator]
And for this megalomaniac, - Mysteries of the Abandoned](https://clip.cafe/img400/narrator-and-for-megalomaniac.jpg)
![[narrator] The royal engineers
carved out around 20 miles
of additional tunnels - Mysteries of the Abandoned](https://clip.cafe/img400/narrator-the-royal-engineers-carved-out-around-20-miles-of-additional-tunnels.jpg)
![[narrator] It was
a catastrophic blow
to the merchants. - Mysteries of the Abandoned](https://clip.cafe/img400/narrator-it-was-a-catastrophic-blow-to-the-merchants.jpg)
![[narrator] Ginny's parents
had long dreamed
of opening a zoo - Mysteries of the Abandoned](https://clip.cafe/img400/narrator-ginnys-parents-had-long-dreamed-of-opening-a-zoo.jpg)
![[narrator] But what the guests
really came for - Mysteries of the Abandoned](https://clip.cafe/img400/narrator-but-what-the-guests-really-came-for.jpg)
