Lugares abandonados - como seria o planeta sem nós. Conheça agora alguns lugares e objetos abandonados que mais parecem fazer parte de cenários apocalípticos.
Moinho - Sorrento, Itália Você já se perguntou como seria o planeta sem os seres humanos? Separamos algumas fotografias que resumem bem como seria um ambiente abandonado pelas pessoas mas parcialmente consumidos pela natureza. Confira: Cemitério de carros na Bélgica Locomotiva - Cemitério de trens na Bolívia Castelo em ruínas - Escócia Tanques abandonados Plantas de fosfato Cidade submersa - China Hospital Psiquiátrico Depósito do metrô - Cincinnati Caminhão abandonado na floresta Pripyat, a cidade fantasma no norte da Ucrânia. Io9. The problem with China's ghost towns is that everything is too expensive, many apartments costing more than the average Chinese person will make in their lives.
They often kick out low-income people in an area, then build expensive apartments that those people couldn't afford to live in. Nobody wants to build a town a poor person could afford to live in. So they keep building cities for millions of rich people who don't exist. Beauty Among The Ruins: See Some of the World's Most Beautiful Abandoned Places. A tired screenwriting trope is to use abandoned places as settings where one’s gory horror scenarios might unfold--the house nobody has been inside for years, the decrepit mental hospital kids dare each other to sneak into.
But "abandoned" doesn’t always mean "scary. " In fact, in some cases, it can be downright breathtaking--and not in a strangulation kind of way. Italian product manager and web designer Francesco Mugnai recently added a collection of images to his blog touting some of the most beautiful images of abandoned spots and modern ruins that he’d ever seen. The images Mugnai has captured come from empty castles, shuttered power plants, and dilapidated churches around the world. From a sunken yacht in Antarctica to a forever-closed amusement park in Japan, these images all make up a sort of anti-phoenix; rather than rising as new from the ashes, these husks remain preserved in decomposition, forcing viewers to confront the strange beauty of ruination.
Surreal Estate: China’s Village of Empty Villas. Tired Out: Spain’s Abandoned Sitges-Terramar Racetrack. Tired Out: Spain’s Abandoned Sitges-Terramar Racetrack Article by Steve, filed under Abandoned Places in the Architecture category. Few places are as incongruously silent as abandoned racetracks, and the Sitges-Terramar Autodromo Nacional near Barcelona, Spain has slumbered in quiescence much longer than most. Built in 1922, Sitges-Terramar’s steeply banked concrete roadway has withstood almost a century of disuse surprisingly well while automobiles and auto racing have evolved exponentially around it. The Real Roaring Twenties (image via: WIEN) Consider a peaceful walk in the Catalonian hinterlands, warmed by golden sunlight and accompanied by delicate birdsong… but the quiet, deserted track at Sitges-Terramar wasn’t always so.
(images via: LeBlogAuto and Peter Morley) The term “Roaring Twenties” is mainly used to describe the era between World War I and the 1929 Wall Street market crash; a time when technology, stock prices and flappers’ skirts rose to giddy heights. Underwater Town: Single Spire Marks Architectural Tomb. Underwater Town: Single Spire Marks Architectural Tomb Article by Steph, filed under Abandoned Places in the Architecture category.
All that remains of the old Curon Venosta is the tip of a bell tower, emerging from Lago di Resia like a tombstone for the flooded town. The alpine village was inundated with water shortly after World War II when officials decided to join three pre-existing lakes into one large man-made lake. The entire town is still down there, filled with sand. Located in the Italian Alps, Curon Venosta (known in Austria as Graun) was rebuilt at a higher elevation. The tower, as seen above, is surrounded by sand, during recent renovations at which time the lake level was lowered. In the winter months, when the lake freezes over, it’s possible to walk right up to the spire. Remote and Abandoned: The Decaying Dutch Harbor Bunkers. Remote and Abandoned: The Decaying Dutch Harbor Bunkers Article by Steph, filed under Abandoned Places in the Architecture category.
Perched on jagged peaks in one of the most remote regions of the United States, the decaying Dutch Harbor Bunkers have sat silent and empty for over six decades. Their solid concrete forms blend into the crumbling rock around them, a reminder of the history of the Aleutian Islands Campaign in which the U.S. military struggled to regain control of these Alaskan outposts. During World War II, some areas of the Aleutian Islands, including Attu and Kiska, were occupied by the Japanese. Over 100 bunkers and lookouts were built by the American military to secure the Dutch Harbor Naval Operating Base, mostly at Ulatka Head on Mount Ballyhoo. The Aleutian Islands are situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea, and its native people – the Unangan – have lived there for over 9,000 years. Surf ‘n Siege: Huge Abandoned Island Fortress in Florida. Surf ‘n Siege: Huge Abandoned Island Fortress in Florida Article by Steph, filed under Abandoned Places in the Architecture category. 70 nautical miles off the coast of Key West in Florida is a series of seven islands set among a graveyard of over 200 ships, crowned with a massive 19th century fortress that lay abandoned for nearly a century.
The Dry Tortugas once hosted Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon and an influx of marauding pirates; today it’s a bird and wildlife sanctuary and a national park. (top image via: nps.gov; above images via: ricsae 1, 2, 3) In 1513, Ponce de Leon became the first European to discover the island, naming it ‘Tortugas’ for the many green, hawksbill, leatherback and loggerhead turtles he found there. (images via: vladeb 1, 2, 3) Construction began on the 45-foot-high, hexagonal Fort Jefferson on Garden Key in the late 1840s when U.S. Icebound: 10 Amazing Antarctica Abandonments. Icebound: 10 Amazing Historical Abandonments Antarctica Article by Steve, filed under Abandoned Places in the Architecture category.
Antarctica – this huge, frozen continent is bitterly cold, inhospitable as Mars and as far from civilization as any place on the planet. Just getting there has been a struggle; staying there has been near impossible. Light’s Out: Seven More Eerie Abandoned Lighthouses. Light’s Out: Seven More Eerie Abandoned Lighthouses Article by Steve, filed under Abandoned Places in the Architecture category.
Is a lighthouse still a lighthouse when the light goes out and no one’s left to call it home? These 7 scenic sentinels slowly succumbing to the endless onslaught of wind and waves stand – barely – as solitary reminders of a time when fog-piercing lighthouse beams guided wayward mariners from the cold clutches of the devil and the deep blue sea. Mys Aniva, Sakhalin, Russia (images via: Flavorwire and English Russia) Built under extremely difficult conditions on a formerly jagged rock just off the southeastern-most cape of Sakhalin island, the Mys Aniva lighthouse has seen a lot of history over its 3/4 of a century lifespan. (image via: Remembering Letters and Postcards) The fall of communism in the early 1990s led to a decade of near-chaos with funds for all purposes in short supply.
Grand Harbor Lighthouse on Fish Fluke Point, Canada. Morbid Abandonments: 14 Deserted Morgues & Mortuaries. Morbid Abandonments: 14 Deserted Morgues & Mortuaries Article by Steph, filed under Abandoned Places in the Architecture category.
What’s creepier than an abandoned morgue? Places that have been left vacant to deteriorate and decay are already drenched in a sense of death, standing as reminders that even the inorganic things we build are not immortal. But in actual morgues and mortuaries – where autopsy tables, bone saws and embalming fluid often still litter the tables – push the macabre factor through the roof. Watch Out: 15 Eerie Abandoned Observatories. Watch Out: 15 Eerie Abandoned Observatories Article by Steve, filed under Abandoned Places in the Architecture category.
The outlook on (or from) abandoned observatories remains negative, mainly because there’s no one there to look up and no working optics to see through. Casualties of war, funding, politics and light pollution, these 15 eerie abandoned observatories have definitely seen better days… and nights. Moon Over Mohon del Trigo (images via: Granada Natural and Daniel Zafra Romero) The Mohon del Trigo observatory was built in 1902 to take advantage of the clear, dry air 2,607m (8,553ft) above sea level in Spain’s Sierra Nevada mountains. (images via: Roberto Travesi and Daniel Zafra Romero) Left to the vagaries of weather and the indignities of graffiti artists, the Mohon del Trigo observatory slowly crumbles in situ, complementary with the slowly eroding rocks overlooking Pradollano in Andalusia.
Iowa Zombie Fortress. Empty Pews: 7 More Amazing Abandoned Churches. Empty Pews: 7 More Amazing Abandoned Churches Article by Steve, filed under Abandoned Places in the Architecture category. Abandoned churches may symbolize to some the weakening of religion in the modern age but that’s far too simplistic an explanation – people can move, churches not so much. These 7 amazing abandoned churches stand as testaments to the power of faith and the construction skills of motivated craftsmen though their congregations have forsaken them. Augustinian Church of Blessed Virgin Mary of Consolation, Vilnius, Lithuania (images via: Wikipedia/Alma Pater, Foje64 and Panoramio/Dainius63) The six-story Church of Blessed Virgin Mary of Consolation in Vilnius, Lithuania, had its heyday long ago when the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was one of Europe’s largest and most populous states.
The Roaring Silence: 10 Cool & Creepy Abandoned Zoos. The Roaring Silence: 10 Cool & Creepy Abandoned Zoos Article by Steve, filed under Abandoned Places in the Architecture category. Zoos are more than just living museums of exotic animals, they’re places bursting with life, laughter and wonder – that is, until the cages are emptied and wildlife is gone. These 10 abandoned zoos and wildlife parks are all that remains after those familiar sights & sounds fade into the roaring silence. Old Griffith Park Zoo, Los Angeles, USA. Memorial Day Tribute: Tales From Creepy Abandoned Crypts. Memorial Day Tribute: Tales From Creepy Abandoned Crypts Article by Angie, filed under Abandoned Places in the Architecture category.
Crypts are stone chambers or vaults beneath a church usually used as burial vaults. In more modern times, family vaults were built aboveground in cemeteries and are usually referred to as mausoleums. When a cemetery or a church is abandoned, these decrepit crypts and the people buried in them are all but forgotten. 20 Astonishing Abandoned Buildings, Property and Other Places from Around the World. 20 (More) Astonishing Abandoned Buildings, Property & Places Article by Urbanist, filed under Abandoned Places in the Architecture category. Abandoned places, particularly those that once housed the mentally ill, wartime inmates and even nuclear missiles have a creepy, haunted quality that some urban explorers go to great lengths to capture on film – whether they be individual structures or entire abandoned cities. These abandoned buildings, ships, railroads, theme parks and other facilities may no longer be inhabited, but they all possess an eerie, almost permeable sense of history.
Strange Geographies: East LA’s Abandoned Hospital. I'm sick today. Rural Ruins: 20 Eerie Images of Abandonments. Grandeur Lost: The Modern Ruins of Abandoned Detroit. Decay in Detroit: Feral House Photos by James Griffioen. Subterranean History: Beautiful Abandoned NYC Subway Station. Sleeping Giants: 12 Sky-High Abandoned Buildings. Sleeping Giants: 12 Sky-High Abandoned Buildings Article by Steph, filed under Abandoned Places in the Architecture category. Bangkok’s skeletal ghosts of prosperity past aren’t the only super-tall structures left vacant for decades on end to deteriorate until they’re either heroically saved or razed to the ground. These 12 abandonments are among the tallest in the world and many bear historical significance for their respective cities, from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro. Into Abyss: World’s Largest Deserted Underwater Film Set. Abandoned Hollywood Theater Hidden Above NY Shop. 20 Abandoned Cities from Around the World: Deserted Towns and Other Derelict Places.
There are many reasons why cities are abandoned; some, like the ghost towns of the American West, have become tourist destinations while others have been condemned or simply forgotten. These 20 abandoned cities of the world share an eerie, haunted quality that is part of what makes them so fascinating. The world's ten creepiest abandoned cities. Uber Creepy Tour: Abandoned Six Flags New Orleans [69 Pics]
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