Urbex: Château Verdure, France – September 2015
The abandoned Château Verdure! Finally, I got around to seeing this place!
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Urbex: Le Château de Lesches, France – September 2015
This lovely Château was empty and abandoned when I visited back in September 2005, when doing a little more research on the place for this article I found that new owners had purchased an occupied the Castle and will be working to renovate the place.
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Urbex: Car Graveyard, France – September 2015
Tucked away in the middle of some woodland was this abandoned car graveyard full of old vehicles rotting away. Even having been given the exact coordinates for this place I still managed to walk past it twice it was that well hidden and overgrown…
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Urbex: Château de la Musique, France – September 2015
The abandoned Château de la Musique, another gorgeous, empty castle in France! Clearly occupied by an artistic and musical person the house had 3 pianos and all sorts of recording equipment and old radios, sculptures and paintings and more closer to the heard lots of photography equipment, tins of old devloping chemicals and blank photography paper…
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Urbex: The Twin Morgue, Belgium – May 2015
What’s better than a nice disused morgue… well two of them 🙂
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Urbex: Maison Gustaaf, Belgium – May 2015
Maison Gustaaf is another reasonably sized detached farm house which lays empty in Belgium. Inside the place is relatively untouched with all sorts of contents left behind in the bedrooms and the kitchen. Surprisingly the power still worked in a couple of rooms despite obvious signs of water damage to ceilings from the failing roof.
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Urbex: Maison Paternoster, Belgium – May 2015
Maison Paternoster is an abandoned farmhouse somewhere in Belgium. We had the approximate co-ordinates but must admit we struggled to find the place :). Inside there was quite a lot of belongings left behind and the bedrooms were in excellent condition still set out as they would have been before the house became empty…
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Urbex: Manoir des portraits aka Château Romantique, France – May 2015
Manoir des portraits sometimes known as Château Romantique, is a beautiful Manson in France which has sat abandoned for many years…
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Urbex: Café Mousel, Luxembourg – May 2015
There’s not a lot to say about the abandoned Café Mousel, an unassuming building which extended at the rear to house a bowling alley, large function room, kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms for guests upstairs and a bar / cafe area at the front…
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Urbex: Belval Blast Furnaces, Luxembourg – May 2015
After spotting the furnaces as we pulled up at our hotel for the night we couldn’t resist having a little look. Not expecting to find any access we got lucky and after quickly nipping back to the car for camera gear we were in and up the top in no time 🙂
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Urbex: Terre Rouge and Central Thermique Power Station, Luxembourg – May 2015
Terre Rouge and the power station, Central Thermique, which supplied electricity to the huge steel plant both now sit abandoned and partially demolished in the large designated industrial area of Luxembourg…
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Urbex: Maison Hommel, Luxembourg – May 2015
Not much to say about this little abandoned house named Maison Hommel. Small but full of old belongings it appeared as if this place has been empty for a decade or so…
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Urbex: Maison Greiveldinger, Luxembourg – May 2015
Maison Greiveldinger is a small abandoned little house in Luxembourg which is just off a main road in built up area. The gardens, largely reclaimed by nature were full of thick brambles which made it tricky to reach the main building…
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Urbex: Bureau Central et Château Wendel, France – May 2015
Château Wendel and the Bureau Central was originally built in 1704 and acquired in 1720 byJean Martin Wendel to act as the central office for the Steelworks owned and operated by the family. The large building which was added to multiple times over the years now stands empty and abandoned opposite the tended orangeries and park…
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Urbex: Black Turbines, Italy – April 2015
The Black Turbines of Italy are an abandoned or more disused but earmarked for restoration, trio of large Brown Boveri Hydroelectric turbines which were manufactured in Italy and installed here in 1909…
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Urbex: Manicomio di C, Italy – April 2015
Manicomio di C is another abandoned Italian Madhouse or Asylum that is pretty large inside and boasts some impressive architectural features as well as a large grand chapel which is still used to this day and has been sectioned off from where it used to be joined to the asylum building…
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Urbex: Palace Casino, Italy – April 2015
Palace Casino is an abandoned ex-residential property turned Casino then I believe reverting back residential use prior to becoming empty as it stands today. The grounds were well tended and we suspect someone is looking after the building…
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Urbex: Villa PDO, Italy – April 2015
Villa PDO is a stunning abandoned villa which sits just of a major road and is clearly in a position which it could be sold and restored. I’m not sure what the current position of the place is but there must be some reason why there isnt a ‘for sale’ sign outside!
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Urbex: Villa Crypta, Italy – April 2015
Villa Crypta is another stunning and empty property in Italy which has a mixture of amazing ceilings which were in extremely good condition and other areas which were clearly falling into disrepair. What sets this Villa apart from the rest is that it has its own small chapel and private family crypt!
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Urbex: Villa Q, Italy – April 2015
Villa Q is another large derelict Villa in Italy. This one has a fair bit of history to it and currently has local residents petitioning to try and save the building…
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Urbex: Aquapark, Italy – April 2015
Aquapark is an abandoned water park in Italy. Whilst there isn’t much within this large site to photograph we thought it might be a good idea to take a bit of a break in the sunshine and photograph the main water slides whilst on route to another location…
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Urbex: Ospedale SC aka Hospital SC, Italy – April 2015
Hospital SC, another abandoned hospital In Italy, this time, a little more modern than the Manicomio’s but still quite dated based upon the equipment left behind. I really enjoyed this place, despite being a bit trashed clearly by local vandals and although it had a fair bit of graffiti there were still some nice photos to be had…
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Urbex: Powerplant V, Italy – April 2015
Powerplant V is an abandoned Hydro-electric power plant in Italy which appears to be attached to a factory of some description. Whilst the majority of the site has been abandoned for quite some time, there are some buildings which appear to be still in use possibly still generating power from the nearby water source…
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Urbex: The Knitting Factory, Italy – April 2015
This old abandoned Knitting Factory or sewing factory whichever way you want to look at it, is one of those buildings that looks pretty bland an unassuming from the outside but has a wealth of photo opportunities inside…
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Urbex: Villa Sbertolli, an Italian Asylum, Italy – April 2015
Villa Sbertolli is an abandoned Asylum complex in Italy and comprises of several buildings arranged along a winding road. The whole place has been derelict for quite some time and some of the buildings are completely bricked up. We were however lucky enough to find a way into this amazing Villa building which I understand was once a private residence but later incorporated within the new use of the site as it became an Asylum catering for the insane…
