We took two visits, two calls, and a nice agent to come out twice.
Here's a tunnel, clean tunnel, cleanest tunnel ever.
This is a classic Michael Fountainville film.
This is perfect.
You're going to love this.
So Michael's not been here?
No.
The origins of Vyonden date back to the Gallo Roman Age,
when there was a castle on the side of the present castle.
The first historical reference to Vyonden was in 698,
when there is a record of a gift in the form of a vineyard in Montevianence.
Vyonden possesses one of the oldest charters in Europe,
granted in 1308 by Philip II Count of Vyonden,
from whom the family of Nassau Vyonden sprang,
and who was consequently the ancestor of William of Orange.
The castle was built between the 11th and 14th century
and became the seat of the Counts of Vyonden.
It was further developed until the 18th century,
but with the departure of the Counts of Luxembourg to the Netherlands,
combined with the effects of fire and earthquake,
it slowly deteriorated.
The final blow came in 1820,
when William I of the Netherlands sold it to a local merchant,
who in turn sold off its contents and masonry piecemeal,
reducing it to a ruin.
There were several attempts at restoration,
but these were hampered by the problems of ownership.
Victor Hugo lived in the castle for three months in 1871.
Not until 1977, when the Grand Duke Jean
ceded the castle to the state,
shortly after a visit from the Freiman family,
was it possible to undertake large-scale work,
most of which has now been completed.
MUSIC
Oh, boy!
MUSIC
MUSIC
Oh!
Huh?
Look at all this wood!
Guys, this is the roof!
MUSIC
Where are we? Oh, sweet ohm!
This is ohm!
This is the mud, this is the mud.
It's looking pretty nice.
Can I search the drive so we can see that?
Yeah, okay.
You have reached your destination.
Thank you, Bridget.
There's a church. I bet we know people who got buried there.
It's a suburban ohm.
It's a suburban ohm.
We have a strip mall coming up, sure.
We have choices to make because we didn't put in.
Oh, dear.
Is this ohm too?
A pizza?
They say you just can't go ohm.
You got it? Yeah, okay.
Bye, ohm!
MUSIC
