7,500 Strangers Just Bought A Crumbling French Chateau Together
Each paid at least 50 euros to "adopt" the castle and help restore it. The campaign is part of an effort to crowdfund the protection of the country's cultural heritage sites.
by Laurel Wamsley
Dec 05, 2017
2 minutes
It's late 2017. By now, crowdfunding has been used to finance films, board games, classical music, scientific research and infertility treatments.
Add this to the list of things bought with collective purchasing power: A chateau in the French countryside, complete
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