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SPACE TYPE: Other
PRESERVATION STATUS: Reactivated
During the Romania's Socialist Regime, the landscape of the cities was permanently shaped by a large number of housing blocks. These were often identical and disposed symmetrically on site. Designed to host as much people as possible, these buildings [...]
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SPACE TYPE: Factory
PRESERVATION STATUS: Ruin
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SPACE TYPE: Other
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
When the construction of the People's Palace began, Ceausescu wanted to build not only one of the largest building in the world, but also the safest. Having a big fear of elevators, he ordered a special tower designed only for elevator testing. Th [...]
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SPACE TYPE: Other
PRESERVATION STATUS: Under-used
Once Communist Regime made its appearance in Romania, large residential areas were built in Bucharest and other major cities. Borrowing a Soviet origin name and concept, these areas were called 'Microrayons' and were seen as a successful model for th [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1953
SPACE TYPE: Theatre
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
The summer theatre located in „Bazilescu” Parc is one of the socio-cultural constructions built in Bucharest on the occasion of the Youth festival in1953, representative for the socialist realism, expressing the power and greateness of the totali [...]
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PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
Vidra ski resort was one of Nicolae Ceausescu's last projects before the fell of his regime in 1989. It should have hosted the 2000 Winter Olympics and become a resort famous as the ones in Switzerland. Soon after the 1989 Revolution due to owner [...]
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SPACE TYPE: Small village
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
Copșa Mică is a town in Sibiu County, Romania, best known in the 1990s for its status of one of the most polluted cites in Europe. This was due to the emissions of two factories in the area: One, open from 1935 to 1993, produced carbon black for [...]
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SPACE TYPE: Factory
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
Founded by general Eremia Grigorescu in 1895, Chimopar (Dudești Chemical Enterprise) is one of the oldest Romanian chemical companies and used to be one of the main producers of gun powder and other special chemicals in Romania. Along the years [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1921
SPACE TYPE: Factory
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
Malaxa factoriers were founded in 1921 in Bucharest by Nicolae Malaxa, a Romanian engineer and industrialist. Main activities were the repairing of the rolling stock, manufacturing steam locomotives, diesel locomotives, car-engines and passenger coac [...]
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Voivozi is located in Romania, Bihor county. It lies at the bank of the Bistra river, near the Rez mountains. The ground in the area contains a lot of lignite and bituminoussand. The people there mine these materials for nearly 140 years. Between 1 [...]
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Il palazzo “Adevărul” di Bucharest è stato construito nel 1898 prendendo come modello il palazzo “Figaro” da Parigi. Era la sede centrale del giornale “Adevărul” e altre pubblicazioni settimanali. Nel 1951 il comunismo ha cancellato qu [...]
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An old industrial hall belonging Electroputere Craiova factory, seen from industrial railway [...]
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This is one of the biggest ruins left by the Communist Regime in the capital of Romania and it’s also one of the biggest buildings in the city. It is also remarkable for its lack of use . People call it "Casa Radio” (The Radio House) but it wa [...]
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This defense unit is located close to the city of Cluj and it is completely abandoned [...]
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In 1921 Nicolae Malaxa founded a factory with main activities repairing rolling stock and manufacturing steam locomotives. The machinery tools were brought from Henchel factory from Germany. Since 1930 Romania ceased importing railway locomotives. Du [...]
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