Why Is This Historic French Château Painted Like THAT?

The small town of Saint-Sylvestre-sur-Lot has a uniquely colourful château - the only one like it in France. But why did the owner paint it like that? And how did they get away with it? I travelled down to the southwest to find out more... INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ MORE INFO Official website of the Château Le Stelsia - https://www.lestelsia.com/ "The wait is long at the château Lalande" - https://www.sudouest.fr/lot-et-garonne/saint-sylvestre-sur-lot/au-chateau-lalande-tres-longue-est-l-attente-9806860.php "Philippe Ginestet buys the château Lalande" - https://www.sudouest.fr/economie/philippe-ginestet/philippe-ginestet-rachete-le-chateau-lalande-9623067.php "Saint-Sylvestre-sur-Lot sees red, yellow, pink, green, and blue" - https://www.patrimoine-environnement.fr/saint-sylvestre-sur-lot-voit-rouge-jaune-rose-vert-et-bleu/ https://www.sudouest.fr/lot-et-garonne/saint-sylvestre-sur-lot/en-2015-l-inauguration-du-stelsia-l-hotel-multicolore-de-philippe-ginestet-3902229.php https://www.jamesedition.com/real_estate/saint-sylvestre-sur-lot-france/chateau-le-stelsia-an-artistic-masterpiece-and-luxury-estate-in-southwest-france-14891243 https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/nouvelle-aquitaine/lot-et-garonne/villeneuve-sur-lot/en-difficulte-financiere-l-enseigne-gifi-est-mise-en-vente-par-son-fondateur-6-500-emplois-concernes-3060784.html IMAGE CREDITS Crowd image used under licence from istockphoto - https://www.istockphoto.com/fr/photo/les-personnes-et-le-fond-blanc-personnalisable-lors-dun-%C3%A9v%C3%A9nement-gm1141055260-305554760 Man in Suit by Ildar Sagdejev - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Man_in_biz_suit_in_front_of_office_windows.jpg Clothes Peg by MichaelFrey - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clothes_peg_animation.gif