# Castelroc.com — 25 years later

> From November 2001 to the new castelroc.com: the story of the Castel Roc medieval village project, its 2004 website kept by the Internet Archive, the guestbook.

The story

November 2001. A domain name is acquired, the way one lays the first stone of a castle without yet knowing how tall its towers will be. Castelroc.com was born.

The enthusiasm was immediate. In February 2004, the site was improved, with the means of the day. Then silence slowly crept over the ramparts, and Castel Roc fell asleep, left to the winds of the web.

Back then, the task was titanic. Presenting a model, conjuring up show homes, was a pipe dream. It would have taken fortunes to obtain, no doubt, only a pale reflection of what we imagined.

Then came 2026.

Twenty-five years after those first faltering steps, technology has finally caught up with the dream. What was only a chimera is taking shape today, stone by stone, pixel by pixel.

Here is the new castelroc.com!

[Explore the village](https://castelroc.com/en/village)

## The 2004 website (in French)

![The home page of the Castel Roc project website in 2004: a knight, ramparts, and a parchment with the news and the project presentation](https://castelroc.com/images/histoire/castelroc-2004.webp)

Home page of castelroc.com, June 2, 2004 (capture preserved by the Internet Archive). [See the original capture on the Internet Archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20040602222503/http://www.castelroc.com/index.php)

Guestbook

## The guestbook

Do you remember the 2004 website, or have you just visited the village? Leave a few words: they appear here right away.

Here begins the guestbook of Castel Roc

A few lines, with no links or advertising; rude words are not published. Your first name, region and message appear at once (removed on request). Your email stays private: it is only used to reply to you. [Privacy and legal notice](https://castelroc.com/en/privacy)

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## The project today

What Castel Roc envisions, page by page:

- [Living in Castel Roc](https://castelroc.com/en/living)
- [Daily life](https://castelroc.com/en/daily-life)
- [The village trades](https://castelroc.com/en/trades)
- [The show interiors](https://castelroc.com/en/show-interiors)
- [The village in 3D](https://castelroc.com/en/village)
- [Castel Roc, the game](https://castelroc.com/en/game)

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Fictional demo village: the buildings, identifiers, floor areas, phases, statuses and amounts shown are illustrative. No land, schedule, financing, sale price, rent or reservation is confirmed. Customized projects are saved on your device only.

- Page: https://castelroc.com/en/history
- Version française : https://castelroc.com/histoire
- Contact: castelroc@probablink.com