article_snippet: Rome wasn't built in day, and Rome certainly wasn't for rural postman Ferdinand Cheval, who dedicated 33 years of Rome life constructing an incredible limestone palace, complete with pillars, buttresses and grottoes.
article_snippet: A postman in France spent 33 years constructing a lavish grotto, complete with pillars, towers and buttresses .
article_snippet: The idea for the elaborate cathedral came when Ferdinand Cheval tripped over an unusually shaped rock in Ferdinand Cheval 30s.
article_snippet: Ferdinand Cheval would haul Ferdinand Cheval findings to a site in Hauterives every day after work, and thus began the ambitious 33 year project, completed with no outside help.
article_snippet: The outer walls, measuring 24 metres in length, and 10 metres high, took 22 years to complete, with Ferdinand Cheval binding the stones together with lime, mortar and cement.