الصفحة الرئيسية > Blossary: Abandoned Places
A look into a few places around the world which have been deserted for many years.

الفئة: Geography

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Its roots date back to the pre-Roman sixth century B.C. It was built on a summit, Craco's utility was initially derived from its ability to repel invaders. The town saw an average 1,500 inhabitants ...

Domain: Geography; المجال/التخصص: Geography

Once a successful diamond mining community, Kolmanskop is now a desert ghost town where the houses welcome only sand. The desert city was originally built when Germans discovered great mineral wealth ...

Domain: Geography; المجال/التخصص: Geography

Humberstone Chile was built around the rush to produce sodium nitrate as fertilizer. However, when the American economy went bust during the Great Depression demand dropped and by the time the world ...

Domain: Geography; المجال/التخصص: Geography

Bodie is a California State Park as well as California's Official Ghost Town, used to be a mining, is located between the towns of Bridgeport and Lee Vining off US 395. While 95% of the town's ...

Domain: Geography; المجال/التخصص: Geography

During World War II, the United Kingdom was facing some serious attacks from the sky, and to help minimize the damage done by the Luftwaffe, British engineer Guy Maunsell developed a clever strategy: ...

Domain: Geography; المجال/التخصص: Geography

Oradour-sur-Glane, France. During World War II, 642 residents were massacred by German soldiers as punishment for the French Resistance. All the women and children were locked in the church while the ...

Domain: Geography; المجال/التخصص: Geography

Beelitz-Heilstätten, a district of the town, is home to a large hospital complex of about 60 buildings including a cogeneration plant erected from 1898 on according to plans of architect Heino ...

Domain: Geography; المجال/التخصص: Geography

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