Marlinspike Hall
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Marlinspike Hall is Captain Haddock's country house and family estate in The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé.
Tintin, Captain Haddock and Snowy approach Marlinspike Hall (Le château de Moulinsart).
The Château de Cheverny was used as a model for Marlinspike Hall. The central tower and two inner wings are identical while the two outermost wings were not used.
Simulation of Marlinspike Hall with the outer wings removed and some features changed
Professor Calculus
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Professor Cuthbert Calculus is a fictional character in The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin's friend, an absent-minded professor and half-deaf physici
Marlinspike Hall
…sequel Red Rackham's Treasure (1944), the manor is found to have been built by Haddock's illustrious ancestor Sir Francis Haddock. It is purchased by Professor Calculus on behalf of the Captain, and the fabled treasure itself is found hidden in the manor's old chapel, in the cellars. In the following years, Marlinspike…
Auguste Piccard in 1932
Calculus demonstrates the benefit of his Fruit d'or cooking oil to Nestor the butler