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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1947
SPACE TYPE: Factory
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
VEB Combine Textima was a producer 0f machines for the textile industry, made up of many dispossessed enterprises. After 1990 it was called Textima AG and in 1996 it turned insolvent [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1969
SPACE TYPE: Theme park
The entertainment park was opened in 1969 as Kulturpark Plänterwald, covering an area of 29.5 hectares. The area is situated in the north of the Plänterwald, next to the river Spree. From 2011 to 2014 (when the City of Berlin bought the Spreepar [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1966
SPACE TYPE: Other
PRESERVATION STATUS: Reactivated
An Ullrich Müther creation with a roof supported only by a central concrete funnel which can be clearly seen in the photo. Built in 1966, the building has subsequently been restored and is now part of a new residential complex at the site (2015 [...]
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SPACE TYPE: Factory
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
In Pirna, on top of the Sonnenstein hill, residence the center of DDR aircraft industry. It was part of the VEB Combine Generating plant Engineering and Construction. After 1990 it was privatized and 5 years later declared insolvent. Text by Mark [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1967
SPACE TYPE: Monument
PRESERVATION STATUS: Under-used
It is a World War II memorial sculpture by Dušan Džamonja, located in Podgarić, Berek, Croatia. One of the ex Yugoslavian monuments scattered through the country. It is a post World War II memorial sculpture designed to bear witness to the vict [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1980
SPACE TYPE: Monument
PRESERVATION STATUS: Under-used
Bogdanović was commissioned to design this memorial park by Vukovar's town council and a local veterans association in 1978. It is built on the location of an execution site used during the Second World War, where nine mass graves were later [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1981
SPACE TYPE: Monument
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
Designed by Vojin Bakić to commemorate the resistance in Yugoslavia during World War II, it was damaged and abandoned during the Yugoslavian war. It was the site of one of the tragic World War II episodes, when about 300 desperate Serb peasants a [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1981
SPACE TYPE: Monument
PRESERVATION STATUS: Under-used
This monument was jointly commissioned by the municipalities of Trstenik and Vrnjačka Banja in 1977, and the construction of the 12 hectare memorial park, set within parkland of 106 hectares, was commenced in 1978. It is set on the slopes of two [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1981
SPACE TYPE: Monument
In the Bulgarian mythology, well before the appearance of human beings, the earth was inhabited by a race of giant named the Ispolini. It is difficult not to invoke these mysterious figureheads while walking the site of the «Founders of the Bulgari [...]
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SPACE TYPE: Other
PRESERVATION STATUS: Under-used
L'ex Consorzio Tabacchicoltori è stato edificato nel 1946 ed è ancora parzialmente in attività. Leggi il saggio "Gli essiccatoi di tabacco: segnali di fumo nel territorio" di Federica Guerra (ArchitettiVerona_ 97 [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1935
SPACE TYPE: Other
PRESERVATION STATUS: Under-used
Progettata da Angelo Invernizzi e costruita tra il 1929 e il 1935, era in grado di ruotare su se stessa compiendo una rivoluzione di 360 gradi seguendo il movimento del sole. Il meccanismo permetteva la rotazione di 4 millimetri al secondo compien [...]
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SPACE TYPE: Hospital
PRESERVATION STATUS: Under-used
Built in 1898 and designed by architect Heino Schmieden, Beelitz was Kaiser Wilhelm II’s response to skyrocketing tuberculosis rates brought on by urbanisation. A 600- bed complex equipped with the latest technologies, it allowed patients to revel [...]
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SPACE TYPE: Factory
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
The aerial ropeway was, during the late 19th century until the Second World War, one of the most famous modes of transport of ressources especially for mining. The company Adolf Bleichert & Co. Leipzig- Gohlis controlled most of the ropew [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1974
SPACE TYPE: Monument
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
The ‘’Hillock of fraternity’’ monument symbolizes a Thracian hillock. It reminds of a stone wreath from above. A 90m long sculpture composition inside the monument is dedicated to the Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule, the The Unifi [...]
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SPACE TYPE: Shop
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
A fruit and vegetables shop of the former state monopolist company "Bulgarplod", from the 1960s. Located in the Hadji Dimitar housing estate, Sofia [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1926
SPACE TYPE: Holiday camp
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
La Colonia Ettore Motta, costruita nel 1926 a Marina di Massa su una superficie di 35.000 metri quadrati (di cui 7.200 coperti) e terminata nel 1937, è dedicata al defunto figlio dell'imprenditore Giacinto Motta, a capo del Gruppo Edison. Durante [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1964
SPACE TYPE: Monument
PRESERVATION STATUS: Under-used
One of the most notable sculptures dedicated to the partisans is the monument in the village of Balvan, near Veliko Tarnovo. The figures of the guerrilla fighters, also known as "shumkari" because they usually operated out of forests, stand on a c [...]
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SPACE TYPE: Factory
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
These images were taken at the now abandoned, ruined and derelict "Kranostroene" crane-building factory in Aytos, Bulgaria. The factory had been operational since the 1970s and had manufactured cranes for local industry and for export abroad to Europ [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1981
SPACE TYPE: Monument
PRESERVATION STATUS: Demolished
The monument was built on the occasion of the 1300th anniversary of the foundation of the Bulgarian State. It was completed in a hurry (construction only took eight months), which resulted in low quality controls. The monument is located in the So [...]
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SPACE TYPE: Monument
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
We don't know much about this monument! If you want, share your informations about it by writing to info@totallylost.eu [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1971
SPACE TYPE: Monument
PRESERVATION STATUS: Under-used
In the recent history in other words in the World War II, one of the most difficult and bloodiest battles in which Partisan forces engaged against joint German- Italian and quisling troops took place in this area. The Sutjeska Battle (The Fifth Of [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1936
SPACE TYPE: Other
PRESERVATION STATUS: Under-used
"Seebad Prora" was a Nazi- planned spa on the island Rügen, Germany. The massive building complex was built 1936- 1939 by the "Strength Through Joy" (Kraft durch Freude or KdF) association. The eight buildings were identical, and although they we [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1936
SPACE TYPE: Barrack or base
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
Enormous German military area that was used as testing grounds for secret artillery weapons. After WW2 these grounds were taken over by the Russians and it remained an important Army Combat Training Centre. There’s a strange Jewish cemetery on [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1977
SPACE TYPE: Monument
PRESERVATION STATUS: Under-used
This massive Memorial Complex was erected in 1977 to celebrate the memories of whom who falled during the Russian- Turkish Liberation War. This brutalist monument reached 50 feet tall and includes giants statues of a Russian officer alongside six [...]
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SPACE TYPE: Other
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
Complesso architettonico abbandonato presumibilmente di funzione pubblica a Linopotis (al tempo Anguillara di Coo e, dal 1939, Vittorio Egeo) sull'isola di Kos affacciata sul Mare Egeo. Costruito durante l’occupazione Fascista. E’ visibile lo [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1934
SPACE TYPE: Holiday camp
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
Walking through the forest initially gives no clue that you are approaching this building. The clock tower poking through the canopy is the first clue as to its existence. It is recorded to have been constructed within 7 months and has been a chil [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1937
SPACE TYPE: Propaganda place
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
This is probably the most majestic and massive building of the newly founded Predappio. The growing importance of Mussolini in Italy's political life made Predappio the destination for real pilgrimages to his native house and his parents' graveya [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1980
SPACE TYPE: Sports facility
PRESERVATION STATUS: Under-used
Linnahall was built as a concert and sports venue with a 5000- seat amphitheatre and a 3000- seat ice hall in Tallinn, Estonia. It is situated on the waterfront near the harbour, just beyond the walls of the Old Town. It was designed by Raine Karp an [...]
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SPACE TYPE: Prison
PRESERVATION STATUS: Under-used
Patarei was built by the order of Russian Emperor Nicholas I as a fortress, with the official name of Defence Barracks. The fortification complex was completed in 1840, but due to the changed warfare strategy it was never used for its inte [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1918
SPACE TYPE: Sanatorium
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
Il Sanatorio Grola nacque come sezione staccata del Sanatorio Popolare di Ponton (entrambi nel Comune di Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella ed istituiti dalla Provincia di Verona) e venne classificato come "Ospedale di prima categoria specializzato per tu [...]
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SPACE TYPE: House
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
La Villa del primo dirigente sorge a fianco di quella del primo dirigente, sulla collina prospiciente lo stabilimento della “S.I.D.A” (Società Italiana dell’Alluminio). I lavori di costruzione della fabbrica iniziarono nel 1926 per concludersi [...]
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SPACE TYPE: House
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
La Villa del primo dirigente sorge a fianco di quella del secondo dirigente, sulla collina prospiciente lo stabilimento della "S.I.D.A." (Società Italiana dell'Alluminio). I lavori di costruzione della fabbrica iniziarono nel 1926 per concludersi ne [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1942
SPACE TYPE: Tower, Fortification
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
The Vienna anti- aircraft towers are six high defence and protection structures made from reinforced concrete. They were built in the years 1942 until 1945 as air- raid protection and had rigged up anti- aircraft guns and fire control devices. The ar [...]
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