Hauterives

In the little town of Hauterives, north of Romans on N538, is the "Palais Idéal du Facteur Cheval", a fantasy building erected in the late 19th C by the local postman, Ferdinand Cheval (b. 1836): an extraordinary structure 10 m/33ft high, up to 26m/85ft long and 15m/50 feet across, built with his own hands and inscribed with a variety of mottoes.