Located on a island, this neogotic castle was built. An already present church and monastery were merged into the new build of which construction began in the 1880’s. It got built as summer residency for a politician and was dedicated to his wife.
The castle, whose territory occupies about 1/5th of the island, was very luxuriously furnished and housed numerous collections including art, weapons, coins and antiques. Read More
The Convento dei Morti is an abandoned monastery from the 15th century. The courtyard is surrounded by open galleries which are decorated with frescoes from religious caracters and coats of arms of the local noble families. In one of the galleries we found two old hearses. Read More
In the 1860’s construction of this château started. It was built for a marquis and designed by an architect who went to a French art school. This architect also designed several other buildings in the same, unique style. The château in Renaissance style is very richly decorated with beautiful patterns in brick and amazing stucco. Unfortunately, due to a fire in the 1930’s the château was destroyed and never rebuilt, only the outer walls are still standing. Read More
It is said that in the 12th century a count built a château here. It was reconstructed a few centuries later. Over the years (and due to the French Revolution) it turned into a ruin. Near the end of the 18th century it was sold to some local farmers which tore down some of the walls and used the stones to construct their farmstead. Read More
Italy is full of ghost towns, most of them have been abandoned due to earthquakes. This town dates back to at least the 8th century and has been hit by many earthquakes over the centuries.
In the 18th century it was hit by a severe earthquake which led to the loss of several tens of inhabitants. The town was rebuild but in the last half of the 20th century two massive earthquake destroyed many homes and killed over a dozen inhabitants. Read More
This château dates back to the 14th century and has been in the same family for centuries. The last resident was a journalist, writer, philosopher and poet. He passed away at the end of the 1990’s and a couple of years later his château was sold. Unfortunately it was left abandoned and the building has suffered a lot from the elements. Read More
This blue planes lies hidden in a Belgian forest. This forest served as a film set for a number of films and series and the plane appeared in a short film. It didn’t crash here though; it was brought here and after the shooting was finished it was simply left. Read More
Close to a big town, this tunnel is located. With the danger of the approaching war, all over the country tunnels were built. These should house trains with mobile convertors and transformers in case of a power cut off, to supply power to the railroad network.
Most of these places consist of only one tunnel. This one however has two tunnels in the mountain, connected with corridors and even a room with control panels. Unfortunately this room is burned out, but the panels are still visible. Read More
Built during the Cold War, this tunnel had a special function. In case of a power cut off, a train would be driven inside consisting of mobile transformers and convertors, ensuring power to the railway. Hidden in a forest, this tunnel is hard to spot. Only a little used path leading into the bushes will reveal this tunnel. Read More
With the government being afraid of the Soviets cutting off the power for their railways during the Cold War, they decided to build secret storage tunnels throughout the country. In case of a power cut off, this 100 metres long tunnel could house a train with mobile convertors and transformers to deliver power to the railways. Read More
Barely anything is know about this villa in the Belgian Ardennes. The building is quite small for a ‘villa’, especially compared to the other villa’s in this particular neighbourhood. Nevertheless, given the style with the ‘grand’ entrance with columns on either side and the richly decorated exterior, I think it deserves to be called a villa. Read More
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