20 beautiful, but abandoned places on Earth

On Earth there are many places, the beauty of which could not save them from imminent "death". Some amazing places were abandoned by people for several reasons, be it a health hazard, conflicts, an unpleasant neighborhood or a lack of economic benefit. Be that as it may, today these abandoned parks, castles and cities attract us with a different kind of beauty - the attraction of forgotten and abandoned places in which history has frozen.

Kingdom of Gulliver, Japan

The Kingdom of Gulliver was an amusement park created on the basis of the classic story of Gulliver's Travels. Unfortunately, the Kingdom of Gulliver had its own set of insurmountable obstacles. Not only was the park built in the neighborhood of the notorious Japanese "suicide forest", but it was too close to the headquarters of the Aum Shinrikyo cult responsible for the 1995 terrorist attack. The park was opened in 1998. Due to low attendance, he was forced to close already in 2001.

Diamond mine "Mirnaya", Russia

This mine is a former diamond mine located in Mirny, in Eastern Siberia. During its closure in 2004, the mine reached 525 meters in depth and 1200 meters in diameter, making it the second largest excavated hole in the world. The hole of the mine is so huge that the air space above it is closed to helicopters due to several incidents, as a result of which the helicopters were "sucked" by the descending airflow.

Building of Villa Vitororo, Brazil

Created by the architect Francisco de Castro, this building was intended to become a monument to the history of the city of Sao Paulo, since Castro built it from parts of destroyed historic buildings. Vila Itororo was built in the first decades of the twentieth century, but it remained unused. Today they talk about the transformation of the building.

Chateau Miranda, Belgium

This once a grand castle of the Neo-Gothic style is also known as the Château de Noisy. Built in the XIX century, the Chateau Miranda remained empty and completely abandoned since 1991, because the costs of its repair and maintenance were beyond the capacity of the owners. Despite this, the owners did not want to give the castle to the municipality and left it empty and scattered around the brick.

Abandoned mill in Sorrento, Italy

In the city of Sorrento near Naples there is a deep canyon, also known as the Valley of Mills. There, amid the dense vegetation, the old mill, which grind grain from the beginning of the tenth century, almost completely disappeared. The mill had to be abandoned due to problems with the dam in about 1866. Today, this green, abandoned place is a popular attraction of the city of Sorrento.

Hasima, Japan

This concrete abandoned island in an hour from the port of Nagasaki is also known by the nickname "cruiser" or "warship".

Mitsubishi bought the island in 1890 to use it as a base for underwater coal mining. On the island, the first reinforced concrete building in Japan was built in 9 floors in 1917. These innovations in architecture were necessary to accommodate a huge number of workers, as Hasim became the most densely populated place on earth.

The island was emptied in 1974 because of a decline in coal production and the decline of the coal industry as a whole.

Underwater statue "Christ from the Abyss", Italy

If you dive deeper into the depths of 18 meters in the waters of the Italian Riviera off the coast of San Frutuoso, you will find a submerged bronze statue of Jesus Christ staring skyward.

"Christ of the Abyss" is a statue height of two and a half meters, which was created by the sculptor Guido Galetti and deliberately flooded in the Mediterranean on August 22, 1954. In 2003, Christ was taken from the abyss for repairs, cleaned of sediment, hoisted on a new pedestal and again lowered into the sea.

Village of Villa Epequin, Argentina

Villa Epequin was a popular tourist village of Argentina, built on the shore of Lago-Epequin - a lake, the salt level in the waters of which is 10 times higher than in the ocean. Thanks to the lake and its therapeutic effect, the village became very densely populated.

However, on November 10, 1985, high humidity and continuous precipitation led to an increase in the volume of water and the rupture of the dam. By 1993, the entire tourist town was flooded under 10 meters of water. Today the water was asleep, but the village remained abandoned.

Metro Station "City Hall", New York, USA

This station was called one of the most beautiful metro stations in the world, but today it is a ghost. The City Hall station was opened in 1904. It is designed by architect Raphael Gustavino. The abandoned station is unusually elegant and is on the list of the first New York metro stations. City Hall was closed on December 31, 1945 due to the impossibility of expanding its platform.

Abandoned amusement park, Berlin, Germany

Headless dinosaurs, rusty roller coaster and frozen Ferris wheel, all this is Spreepark, an abandoned amusement park in Berlin. Between 1969 and 2001, this place was the only theme park of its kind in the whole of Berlin, as well as throughout East Germany. During the era of communism, the park flourished, attracting up to 1.5 million visitors a year.

Abandoned residential complex, Taiwan

This unfinished and abandoned building complex was to become a residential area of the city of Keelung in north-eastern Taiwan. The unfinished residential buildings stood for a long time with yawning abysses of concrete and were left to absorb the omnipresent greenery. According to some reports, the unfinished residential complex was going to be completely demolished.

Abandoned railway depot, Poland

The Polish city of Czestochowa entered the 20th century as one of Poland's leading industrial centers. His success was due to the opening in 1846 of the Warsaw-Vienna Railway, which connected the city with the rest of Europe. Nowadays Częstochowa is a popular tourist destination, attracting millions of visitors.

Many of them want to see this weed-filled train cemetery and an abandoned depot. It very much resembles a post-apocalyptic work of art. But this is actually a very real place.

Pripyat, Ukraine

When in 1986 there was an accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the huge territory turned out to be radioactive dangerous. The Soviet government carried out the evacuation of almost one hundred thousand people living near the disaster zone. The center of this zone is now the abandoned city of Pripyat.

After the Chernobyl disaster, the residents had two days to leave the city. They were allowed to take with them only documents, a minimum of necessary personal belongings and some food. All the rest was abandoned and left to lie in utter oblivion.

Castle Mesen, Belgium

The castle of Mesen was built next to the village of Led in Belgium, surrounded by seven hectares of forest park area. The castle was destroyed several times and was restored. After 1796, he passed from the hands of the Bette family to other masters and became first a distillery, then a sugar refinery, a tobacco processing plant, and subsequently a closed boarding school for girls from high society.

Buzludja, Bulgaria

From afar this building looks like an abandoned flying saucer, landing on top of a hill. Buzludzha is the name not only of the summit of the mountain, but also of the building of the Communist Party of Bulgaria, built in 1981. After the fall of communism, the Bulgarian government abandoned this building, and it became popular with tourists.

Naraland, Japan

Naraland Theme Park was built in 1961. The creators of the park were inspired by Disneyland in California and they sought to recreate the same atmosphere, even copying the main attractions.

The park had to be closed on August 31, 2006 due to lack of visitors. All the entertainment, designs and restaurants left in the park, not analyzing, they stand there to this day, which gives the impression of an eerie surreal landscape.

Hotel Rügen, North Korea

Hotel Rügen is built in the shape of a pyramid in the center of Pyongyang. This, perhaps, is one of the most strange sights in the world and the loudest failure among modern construction projects.

Praised during its construction as the highest hotel in the world, Rügen still has not received a single guest, despite the impressive age of the design. The hotel is still uninhabited and not finished.

Abandoned amusement park, Pennsylvania, USA

American parks are an awful place when they are completely abandoned. Their rotting and rusting skeletons and constructions of abandoned rides are oppressively beautiful.

Despite the fact that the amusement park is no longer used and has declined, it can not be called completely abandoned - there are still several people living there.