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
Welcome to the mini jungle in this old wool mill, where the old halls are slowly being reclaimed by nature. Ferns and little trees are enjoying the humidity in here and turned the old factory into a little oasis.
This wool mill was established in the late 19th century and shut down after almost 8 decades of production. A part of the production was already moved to a different location, which kept operating until the end of the century. Read More
For many years, families from all over the region spent their summer days at this pool. While the children were going down one of the slides, their parents would enjoy sunbathing in the burning sun. Read More
In the 1870’s Manicomio di R was built. At the time, it was a small charity hospital and over the years it was expanded and transformed into a mental asylum which at its peak moment housed 1800 patients.
In those manicomio’s the most cruel therapies were used to “cure” patients. From electroshock therapy to all kinds of new and experimental surgery on the nervous system. 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
In the 50’s, this thermoelectric power plant was built to use the lignite excavated from the adjacent mining field. Because of the lignite running out, a new power plant was built just around the corner. This one closed down in 2001. The turbines were dismantled and a part of the building was demolished. Only the control room and a small cooling tower remain. The rest of the buildings were gutted as well and vandals already found their way onto the premises. 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
Château Pentagon is a French château, built in the 14th century with various parts being added until the 17th century. During renovations the facades were redecorated in neo-Gothic style giving the château its current appearance. 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 hydroelectric power station was built in the 1910’s to supply power to the chemical plant on the premises. The power station consisted of seven Francis turbines that together produced almost 200 million kWh of electricity per year.
During the Second World War the station was damaged heavily. After restorations the capacity was reduced by 30%. In the 70’s the power station was replaced by a new power station. Copper thieves then looted the abandoned site and took everything valuable. Read More
Back in the days, it was normal to seperate the ‘mad’ people from society by putting them into mental asylums. Patients were being tortured in all kinds of experiments because it was thought this was the only cure for their illnesses. Most people which were put into those manicomio’s were never released back into society and many even died here, as a result of their treatments. Read More
This isn’t just an abandoned city, this actually was a military base. In 1938, Germany started construction of the base for the adjecent airfield.
The base consists of 12 big apartment blocks and many smaller buildings. A pilots school was also built at the base. During the peak almost 5000 soldiers were living here. 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
This neoclassical style château was built in the 19th century. It got renovated in the 90’s, but only two weeks after the renovations it burnt to the ground.
The former grandeur is still visible from the outside and among the collapsed rooms you can still find beautifully decorated fireplaces and stairwells. Read More
In the 1850’s they started mining here, the coal mined was brought up with the hoist. From here, the minecarts rolled into a station where they were tipped over. The freshly mined material would then be transported into the processing plant where it would be washed and crushed into smaller chunks. From this facility, the coal was primarily transported to several blast furnaces. Read More
The famous Church of Decay really lives up to its name, with even entire trees growing out of the walls on the outside. Officially it is named Eglise Saint-Pierre and it’s located in Grâce-Hollogne, a small town next to the airport of Liege. Read More
Driving down the roads, I spotted some abandoned cars. I had to turn around right away and parked not too far.
About 20 vehicles were parked here in the field. The cars were in a terrible state with almost all of the windows being smashed, probably a result of the site being clearly visible next to a busy road. I was however surprised to see that almost all of the engines were still in the cars. Read More
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