“Kachalou” was a particularly symbolic place for Jane Birkin. A year after the singer’s death, this 460m² mansion with an exorbitant price found a buyer in a French writer.
This is news that deeply saddened the world of French music. Two weeks after appearing at her grandson Ben Attal’s wedding, Jane Birkin was found dead at her Paris home by her caregiver. The British-French singer, who had a passionate and highly publicized romance with Serge Gainsbourg, died at the age of 76 from another stroke. The health of the artist, who was none other than the mother of Lou Doillon and Charlotte Gainsbourg, was a concern for her many fans. She had notably canceled concerts for health reasons. “I have always been a great optimist and I realize that I still need a little time to be able to be on stage and with you again”we could read in a press release in May 2023. The singer unfortunately did not have the opportunity to return to the stage.
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Jane Birkin’s death had provoked a wave of tributes. Icons of the 1960s such as Sheila and Brigitte Bardot had a tender thought for the actress, as had Etienne Daho, Patrick Bruel, Alain Chamfort and Pierre Richard, with whom she had given the reply in the comedy I’m getting the mustard up my nose.
Jane Birkin: her mansion in Brittany bought at an exorbitant price by a French writer
A year after his death, here is that his final resting place named “Kachalou” (taken from the names of his daughters Kate, Charlotte and Lou) was bought by a French writer. The property belongs to Aurélie Valognesknown for having written the book Granny in the nettles, since last July. “Aurélie Valognes chose this place for its calm and tranquility, it is a space conducive to creation and contemplation. We can establish a parallel between an author in cinema and an artist in writing. The objective is to perpetuate creativity in Kachalou”explained real estate agent Olivier Lintaf to the Figaro Real Estate. According to The Telegramthe novelist is considering transforming Jane Birkin’s former home into “a space for exchange between writers” who would come to reside alongside him.
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According to information from the Figaro Real Estate, The Breton house was listed at a price of 1,890,000 eurosIt must be said that the 460m² manor, which is located in Lannilis (Finistère), has no fewer than 14 rooms, including nine bedrooms with sea views and a renovated heated swimming pool.
The Lannilis residence had a symbolic resonance for Jane Birkin
This property located on the banks of the Aber-Benoît had a special meaning for the British-French actress. Jane Birkin had bought it thirty years ago, in homage to her father David Birkin, Lieutenant commander in the Royal Navy.
“I learned that a house overlooking a beach in Abers is for sale. This house overlooks a beach from where my father participated in evacuating English, American and Canadian airmen to England. The country of Abers was my destiny. As soon as I saw this house overlooking the beach where my father came, I knew. It seemed too good to be true. It was from here that, during the war, my father carried out around thirty missions around Aber-Benoît, taking people on board, to keep them away from these coasts which were covered in Germans.”she confided in front of the cameras of France 3 Bretagne.
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