welcome to la mothe—chandeniers, a romantic castle from the 13th century, surrounded by water.des and has been reconquered by nature. but a crowdfunding start—up might just change its fate for good. you can see how nature has just taken over with huge trees coming out the window. it's like a cross between the classic french chateaux and one of the temples of angkor. so when we came — first came here, it was like alljungle and everything. it was crazy. and this has all been cleared? yeah. it was the first thing we did, you know, to — to allow people to enter the castle and — and to see, like, all the magnificence of it. last year, in a bid to save this crumbling castle, romain‘s start—up imagined a new concept. for 50 euros each, people from around the world could join forces online and just buy it collectively. et voila. you see here, it's like — you feel like time has stopped a long time ago. so just watch the roots, because is very fragile, just like the rest of the castle. i will be very gentle with the trees, i promise. the dream of owning part of french history appealed to

welcome to la mothe—chandeniers, a romantic castle from the 13th century, surrounded by water.like, alljungle and everything. it was crazy. and this has all been cleared? yeah. it was the first thing we did, you know, to — to allow people to enter the castle and — and to see, like, all the magnificence of it. last year, in a bid to save this crumbling castle, romain‘s start—up imagined a new concept. for 50 euros each, people from around the world could join forces online and just buy it, collectively. et voila. you see here, it‘s like — you feel like time has stopped a long time ago. so just watch the roots, because is very fragile, just like the rest of the castle. i will be very gentle with the trees, i promise. the dream of owning part of french history appealed to many... is this safe? yeah, it‘s safe. no problem. ..and the crowdfunding operation was a huge success. we managed to — to have the mothe—chandeniers being the biggest co—operative in the world, with 28,000 people coming from 125 countries who are the new owners of the castle. so now that we are many owners, the