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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1939
SPACE TYPE: Holiday camp
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
Designed by Eugenio Faludi with the technical office of the Società Montecatini, and built in 1939. A huge tower with ramps for gymnastic displays rose 55 metres above ground level and the arch at the gates was designed as a miniature version of the [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1942
SPACE TYPE: Tower, Fortification
PRESERVATION STATUS: Under-used
Commissioned by Adolf Hitler, Flakturms are extremely large and colossal anti- aircraft gun blockhouse towers used by the German Luftwaffe for the defence against Allied air raids during World War II. They also served as air- raid shelters for tens o [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1935
SPACE TYPE: Other
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
Scarsissime le informazioni storiche disponibili su questo manufatto. La probabile data di edificazione è il 1935 e potrebbe rientrare fra gli interventi sul territorio posti in essere dal “Consorzio dell’Ausino”, istituito dal Regime Fasci [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1971
SPACE TYPE: Other
PRESERVATION STATUS: Ruin
Completely abandoned GDR leisure/culture complex built by the Free German Trade Union Federation (FDGB). Almost beyond restoration. More information here: Templin Stadt - Parkanlage im Bürgergarten / FDGB Heim "Salvador Allende" (GERMAN) R [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1974
SPACE TYPE: Public institution's headquarters
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
The Iraqi Embassy was planned and designed in 1974 by a German- Iraqi Architect Group, headed by Horst Bauer. The building itself is mainly made up of standardized prefabricated elements (the famous plattenbauten), which were produced by the Berlin [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1910
SPACE TYPE: Theatre, Cinema
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
Built in 1910 as UFA- Cinema, it was after renewed in 1954-1955 and today is included in the list of monuments of Brandenburg. On the eve of May 1st, 1955 it officially reopened with the DEFA film "Sommerliebe" by Franz Barrenstein, a romanti [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1936
SPACE TYPE: Political/cultural association
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
This lakeside complex, originally a villa, was a Berlin’s gift to Joseph Goebbels (Haus am Bogensee). After the Second World War, the building was handed over to the FDJ (a socialist youth organization), which set up its Youth Academy there. [...]
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SPACE TYPE: Monument
PRESERVATION STATUS: Under-used
Designed by Bogdan Bogdanović , this monument is dedicated to 32 anti- fascists and patriots shot by the occupiers on Trebjesa hill. This picture is part of the Monumental series shot in the Balkan region between 2011 and 2012 [...]
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SPACE TYPE: Monument
PRESERVATION STATUS: Under-used
A 6mt high statue of Giant Vladimir Ilitch Oulianov in Tiraspol, the capital of unrecognised state of Transnistria: a Russian-speaking sliver of land between the Dniester River and Ukraine. La Transnistria si avvicina all’Europa? "A poch [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1969
SPACE TYPE: Museum
PRESERVATION STATUS: Under-used
The Slovak National Gallery was founded in 1948 as the top state institution in the fields of art history, art collecting, scientific research, culture and education. The gallery in Bratislava consists of a complex of buildings. The central buildi [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1979
SPACE TYPE: Altro
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
The Fountain of Union (Slovak: Fontána Družby), was built from 1979 to 1980 by sculptors Juraj Hovorka, Tibor Bártfay, Karol Lacko and architects Virgil Droppa and Juraj Hlavica. It is the biggest fountain in Bratislava and in the whole Slovak Rep [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1900
SPACE TYPE: Altro
SPACE TYPE: Office
SPACE TYPE: Other
PRESERVATION STATUS: Under-used
Gosprom buildings were designed and erected for hosting governmental and industrial establishments with required programmatic elements for common usage of departments and employees in late 1920’s. Some physical characteristics such as 63m height (w [...]
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SPACE TYPE: Factory
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
The former Hydrostroy complex, located near the village of Debelt, Bulgaria is now completely abandoned. There are a number of smaller buildings surrounding the main office and operations building showed in this photos. The Hidrostroy company has bee [...]
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SPACE TYPE: Other
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
Realizzata in piena epoca fascista la masseria era una vera e propria azienda agricola in cui veniva coltivato principalmente tabacco. Nel periodo di massima attività nella masseria vivevano circa 800 persone, utilizzata fino agli anni ’80 ora [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1940
SPACE TYPE: Barrack or base
PRESERVATION STATUS: Reactivated
Nel 1940, il Ministero della Marina italiano ottenne l'autorizzazione allo schieramento di un certo numero di sottomarini in appoggio alla Germania Nazista per la guerra nell'oceano Atlantico. Il luogo prescelto per la sede delle operazioni fu la [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1934
SPACE TYPE: Station/rail
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
L'ex stazione di Casaleone è una stazione ferroviaria della dismessa ferrovia Treviso- Ostiglia che fu inaugurata nel 1934. Per esigenze di progettazione bellica, si trovava a diversi chilometri dal centro cittadino, immersa nelle campagne delle Val [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1925
SPACE TYPE: Station/rail
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
L'ex stazione di Minerbe è una stazione ferroviaria della dismessa ferrovia Treviso- Ostiglia. Fu aperta, nel 1925, come stazione intermedia del primo tronco del tratto Legnago- Cologna Veneta. Il servizio passeggeri fu interrotto nel 1967, mentr [...]
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SPACE TYPE: Bridge
PRESERVATION STATUS: Ruin
Ponte in cemento armato ad una campata su strada, non più percorribile, parallela all'attuale strada statale n. 106 Jonica presso Scanzano Jonico (Matera), sul fiume Angri. Presenti sui quattro pilastri delle spalle i fasci littori in rilievo e l [...]
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SPACE TYPE: Factory
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
The yarn factory was built in the 1970s in the east suburbs of the town of Kyustendil. The factory was named after the medieval name of the town: Velbyzhd. The facade has preserved the graphical decoration and the propaganda slogan "Let turn the [...]
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SPACE TYPE: Monument
PRESERVATION STATUS: Under-used
The Kadinjača Memorial Complex is located near Užice, Western Serbia. It consists of a monument and a Memorial Centre. The monument is made up of three parts: the Užice Republic Amphitheatre, the Workers’ Battalion Alley and the Freedom Plateau. [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1970
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
Part of the post war development of Thälmannplatz, this administrative building was erected in 1970. It has since been stripped of its aluminium cladding and redeveloped for other purposes. The aluminium façade was designed by Walter Funkat. The [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1941
SPACE TYPE: Altro
PRESERVATION STATUS: Reactivated
The Heavy Load- bearing Body, Schwerbelastungskörper, is an Albert Speer designed bunker-like concrete structure built to study the feasibility of constructing a massive triumphal arch on the site. It is located in the intersection of Dudenstraße w [...]
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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: Factory
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
An abandoned leather factory that opened at the beginning of the Industrial revolution in Croatia, 1879. It was re-appropriated during World War II and again during the Communist regime. Later it was forced to close down, like so many other factor [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1938
SPACE TYPE: Wall
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
Lo sbarramento di Pian dei Morti (in tedesco Sperre Plamort) è uno sbarramento difensivo che fa parte del “XIII Settore di Copertura Venosta”, all’interno del Vallo alpino in Alto Adige. La località Pian dei Morti si trova a 2.000 metri di [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1936
SPACE TYPE: School
PRESERVATION STATUS: Under-used
The mountain villages of Romagna host many small schools that used to be full of pupils and are now abandoned or transformed into houses or small clubs. These schools were very simple but efficient: there were one or two classrooms, 2 toilets (one fo [...]
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SPACE TYPE: Fortification, Barrack or base
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
Fort de la Chartreuse was built between 1817 and 1823, in order to defend the city of Liège, and it is located along the river Meuse. The fort was abandoned by the Dutch army in 1891 and after it was used as a barrack. During the First Wor [...]
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SPACE TYPE: Monument
PRESERVATION STATUS: Under-used
This monument located in the village of Topchiysko, Bulgaria, is a socialist monument to partisan fighters that died in the summer of 1944, while fighting for the communist regime which was soon to come to power. These were all people from the regi [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1983
SPACE TYPE: Monument
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
Going from Tbilisi to Stepantsminda you cannot miss this monument built, in 1983, to commemorate the friendship between Russia and Georgia. It is a large round stone and concrete structure overlooking the Devil's Valley in the Caucasus mountains. [...]
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CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1954
PRESERVATION STATUS: Under-used
The Monument to the Soviet Army was built in 1954 in Sofia, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the liberation by the Soviet Army. The monument is surrounded by a large park where many young people gather. The monument is located on Tsar Osvo [...]
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SPACE TYPE: Factory
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
Tžv Gredelj was a manufacturer of railroad cars, founded in 1894 as the main location for the maintenance of steam trains for the Hungarian railway. Up until the second World War it employed 2500 workers and its constructions were continuously up [...]
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SPACE TYPE: Factory
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
The main hall of a now ruined cement factory. It was established at the turn of the century and worked throughout the communist regime, finally to close in the early nineties [...]
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SPACE TYPE: Altro
PRESERVATION STATUS: Under-used
Rosa Fascismo is a project about Fascism in Italy and a critic towards this movement. Travelling from Sardinia to Rome, collecting details of fascist buildings, I introduced the graphic design in order to give them a new life with a new meaning. T [...]
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