“I was speechless in front of my computer when I discovered the ranking”. Frédéric Legros, the director of the Ideal Palace of the Horseman, did not expect to see the Drôme site appear in the list of the ten most searched cultural sites in the world on Google in 2022. It is the annual world ranking
of the strongest progressions of the search engine. The Ideal Palace is in 9th position behind Buckingham Palace, Big Ben or Christ the Redeemer of Rio.
International impact of the 2022 exhibitions and concerts
The surprise passed, Frédéric Legros may have found an explanation: the maintenance of the events organized this year at the Ideal Palace. “We took on a new international dimension this year. The exhibition of the artist Othoniel, for example, generated enormous press content, we welcomed 70 journalists and the exhibition was even classified in the ten essential exhibitions of the year in the world according to an American magazine. For Mika’s concert, people came from Japan on purpose. All that had never happened. It’s incredible but I’m enjoying it!“adds the director, combined.
The Top 10 trending cultural sites in 2022 according to Google
- Buckingham Palace in London
- Big Ben in London
- The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt
- Christ the Redeemer in Rio Brazil
- The Royal Palace of Brussels in Belgium
- Taipei’s Chiang Kai-shek Memorial in Taiwan
- Taipei Songshan Geopark in Taiwan
- The Louvre Pyramid in Paris
- Postman Cheval’s Ideal Palace in Hauterives
- Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul South Korea
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