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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1937
SPACE TYPE: House
PRESERVATION STATUS: Under-used
Built in the second half of the 30s upon request by Vito Mussolini (Benito Mussolini's nephew), Villa Teodorani stands on the area that previously hosted the family tennis court. Due to the outbreak of the war, Vito could never live in the villa, [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1935
SPACE TYPE: Depot
PRESERVATION STATUS: Under-used
The ATR depot was built in 1935 by the Italian Society of Automobile Transport, belonging to the Fiat group, at the express request of Benito Mussolini to overcome the difficulties of the connections between Forlì, its valleys and the entire provinc [...]
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SPACE TYPE: Propaganda place
PRESERVATION STATUS: Under-used
In the early 30s, many of these buildings were built in the territory of Forlì. This one in Teodorano presumably dates back to this period. After the end of World War II, the building was used for different purpose, even as a ballroom. In 2016 it [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1938
SPACE TYPE: Other
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
The distillery ORBAT (acronym for Organizzazione Battaglia) was built in the 30s for the production of ethyl alcohol, and operated until the 2000s. Here, products like molasses, carobs and apples were processed to make edible and denatured alcohol. [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1931
SPACE TYPE: Church / Place of worship
PRESERVATION STATUS: Under-used
Built by Benito Mussolini after the death of his brother Arnaldo, the church was designed by Piero Riceputi and consecrated in October 1940. After the end of World War II, the church was abandoned and its furnishing and votive material were stolen [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1939
SPACE TYPE: Other
PRESERVATION STATUS: Under-used
The aqueduct pumping station in Spinadello was an important hydraulic work, inaugurated in 1939 and operational until 1986, which guaranteed water supply to the municipalities of Lugo, Cotignola, Forlimpopoli and Bertinoro. In 2016, it has been us [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1934
SPACE TYPE: Holiday camp
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
Designed by engineer Peveralli, the Federazione Fascista di Novara summer camp was built between 1933 and 1934. This long single block running parallel to the beach is closed at each end by rounded sections reminiscent of a ship. The building is divi [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1911
SPACE TYPE: Holiday camp
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
Designed by architect Giulio Marcovigi in 1911 and named after the famous pathologist Augusto Murri, it was used between the two World Wars to house and care children affected by scofolosi. Later it hosted also poor children [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1936
SPACE TYPE: Sports facility
PRESERVATION STATUS: Under-used
The Olympic village is located at Estal in Wustermark, on the western edge of Berlin. The site, which was 30 kilometres from the centre of the city, consisted of dormitories, dining areas, a swimming pool and training facilities. On the site of th [...]
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SPACE TYPE: Barrack or base
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
On the way from Zehdenick to Templin you drive through a large forest area. Nothing suggests that, far to the left hidden in the woods, a secret city of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (GSSD) was located. Here lived, according to current kno [...]
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Designed by engineer Oscar Giorgi, the Ferrovieri summer camp was built between 1929 and 1931. It was one of the most important holiday camp in Romagna, open all year round and completely autonomous.It is surrounded by a large park that represents on [...]
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SPACE TYPE: Station/rail
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
The railway connected Russia’s North Caucasus Railway with Georgian railways and was established during the Soviet Era. Since 2010 there is a daily train connection from the Russian Federation to Abkhazia, running from Adler to Sukhumi and returnin [...]
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SPACE TYPE: Public institution's headquarters
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
In 1960s, in the center of Georgian city Sukhumi, was a built a huge administrative building. In Soviet times it was the headquarter for the Counsel of Ministers of Soviet Abkhazia. After the break-up of Soviet Union, Abkhazia tried to get indipe [...]
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SPACE TYPE: Barrack or base
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
What once started as a German military shooting range in the 1800s soon became one of Europe’s largest military bases during WWI. In 1919 the Army Sports School was established here, training German athletes ahead of the 1936 Olympic Games in Be [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1937
SPACE TYPE: Altro
PRESERVATION STATUS: Under-used
Casa del Mutilato, Palermo. Inaugurato nel 1937 e realizzato su progetto dell’arch. Giuseppe Spatrisano, è caratterizzata da un atrio dedicato ai caduti: la cella- patio è sormontata da un ampio foro circolare che inquadra il cielo. Oggi è pa [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1932
SPACE TYPE: Holiday camp
PRESERVATION STATUS: Ruin
The Fascio Bolognese summer camp was constructed in 1931 - 1932 by engineer Ildebrando Tabarroni. The four brick pavilions with plastered base are set perpendicular to the beach. They housed the dormitories, with refectories in a semi- basement floor [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1935
SPACE TYPE: Factory
PRESERVATION STATUS: Ruin
Giovanni Battista Caproni largely contributed to the development of the Italian aeronautical engineering. In the early thirties' his projects became an example for the construction of the new national airstrike squadrons. Mussolini decided to locate [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1922
SPACE TYPE: Hospital, Holiday camp
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
La Colonia Climatica "Bedin Aldighieri" fu fondata nel 1922 per iniziativa della Congregazione di Carità, divenuta beneficiaria delle donazioni fatte dal Notaio Giacomo Bedin e dalla Contessa Sofonisba Chilesotti Aldighieri, oltre al generoso concor [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1939
SPACE TYPE: Holiday camp
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
The holiday camp is dedicated to Costanzo Ciano, and was built between 1937 and 1939 on a project by the engineer Mario Loreti, for the "Federazione dei Fasci" of the Varese province. This is a monumental building, characterized by volumes and smo [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1981
SPACE TYPE: Monument, Propaganda place
PRESERVATION STATUS: Ruin
The monument is located on Mount Buzludzha, in Stara Zagora Province. It is the biggest ideological building in Bulgaria and was built as a tribute to the creation of the Bulgarian socialist movement in 1981. Several access roads were built (today in [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1943
SPACE TYPE: Sanatorium
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
The “Sanatorio de Abona”, also known as “Leprosería de Arico” is located near the village of Abades, in Tenerife, the largest of the Canary Islands. After the Spanish Civil War an outbreak of leprosy affected the island of Tenerife, with [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1963
SPACE TYPE: Barrack or base, Other
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
The small town of Skrunda, 150 km from Riga in Latvia, was the site of two HEN HOUSE radars built in the 1960s. Construction of a PECHORA [Daryal] class large phased array radar at the so-called “northern center” began in 1984. According to some [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1985
SPACE TYPE: Hospital
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
A deserted hospital in the Budapest suburb of Pestujhely. Built in 1985 and designed by Tamas Tomay and Levente Varga as the surgery division for the former Soviet Pestujhely Hospital, the buliding was used for barely eight years. In 1993 the equi [...]
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SPACE TYPE: Other
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
Just a few hundred meters away from the lights and the luxury of the winter resort Borovets in Rila mountain, Bulgaria, there is a place which looks like forgotten from many years. The photo shows an abandoned ski jump track, very close to theBorove [...]
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SPACE TYPE: Barrack or base
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
This ghost town is located behind the Szentkirályszabadja airfield, on the grounds of a set of abandoned Soviet barracks and living quarters. This base included a kindergarten, an elementary school, a middle school, two restaurants, pubs, cinemas a [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1979
SPACE TYPE: Monument
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
Monument to the Revolution, located in the Korčanica Memorial Zone of the Grmeč. The ruins of a hotel and a big parking space 100 meters away [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1988
SPACE TYPE: Museum, Other
PRESERVATION STATUS: Under-used
Pyramida was constructed in Tirana, after the death of communist leader Enver Hoxha. It was originally built as a museum for Hoxha and designed in 1988 by his daughter Pranvera Hoxha, his son-in-law Klement Kolaneci, Pirro Vaso and Vladimir Bregu. Th [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1966
SPACE TYPE: Power station
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
La città di Fier nasce alla fine del 1700, come un piccolo villaggio dedito all’agricoltura e alla pastorizia e non muta nella sua estensione fino agli anni immediatamente antecedenti alla seconda guerra mondiale. A questa data , infatti, il centr [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1970
SPACE TYPE: Bunker
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
Some bunkers built in Albania during 1970s. CONTRIBUTOR: Massimiliano Cafagna [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1940
Borgo Amerigo Fazio rises in contrada Guarino and was designed by Eng. Luigi Epifanio. It represents the first rise in rural settlement in the Trapani’s zone and falls in the eight sicilian provinces to be subjected to colonization in 1940. Epi [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1939
SPACE TYPE: Hospital, Sanatorium
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
Nato nel 1939 come Colonia Sanatoriale "I.N.P.S." per la cura della tisi, è collocato al limite dell'abitato, centrale rispetto al parco che lo circonda, rappresenta per forme ed espressione architettonica una delle opere più importanti dell'Ing. F [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1940
SPACE TYPE: Small village
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
The “borgo” is relatively close to a village called San Cipirello. It’s located near the road connecting Palermo to Sciacca (ss 624), and also near the old railway Camporeale-Palermo: another project never opened. Designed by Giuseppe Ca [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1927
SPACE TYPE: Small village
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
Costruito in soli cento giorni dalla ICSIS (Impresa Costruzioni Stradali in Sicilia, la stessa a cui fu commissionata la realizzazione Borgo Littorio), Borgo Regalmici sorge su un pianoro a quota 620 s.l.m. in regione Bocche di Cortellazzo, a poco p [...]
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