The ‘Puy du Fou’ theme park in France’s Vendée province is insane. Think of a “Medieval Times” that in addition to Renaissance-era knights also has Roman gladiator bouts, Viking raid reenactments and robot musicians. And now its founder, a politician named Philippe de Villiers (full name Viscount Philippe Le Jolis de Villiers de Saintignon) plans to build not one but two versions of the park in Russia, including one in Crimea, the seaside territory Russia just annexed from Ukraine. According to France’s Libération, de Villiers recently met with Russian President Vladimir Putin for nearly an hour at the Tsar Nicholas …read more
Source: Business Insider
