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Château de Al Mère (NL) – waiting for the guests to arrive

March 14, 2019 by Pepper

Château de Al Mère is a half-finished castle, meant to be a hotel: construction started in 2000 but was stopped in 2002, after which the structure was turned into a modern ruin. The castle is still waiting for its first guests to arrive…

Nursing Home Snippendael (NL) – Up to the white light of eternity

March 10, 2019 by Pepper

Here, upon these ghostly shadows of men and women
There are no smiles
Singly, they mingle, with the greyness of the walls
And at strange angels, they travel on to nowhere

Buorkerij Goudûle (NL) – Nice abandoned farmhouse in the middle of nowhere

March 5, 2019February 16, 2019 by Pepper

I discovered this abandoned farmhouse, hidden in the middle of nowhere, while searching at Maps. The first time here I couldn’t get in, but now everything was open, so entering was no problem.

Farm Westerkleaster (NL) – part 2

February 5, 2019February 5, 2019 by Pepper

This abandoned farm, in the middle of the Frisian meadows, was bought by a monastic community after the farmer’s death. There has to be a lot of restoration and sadly enough, there’s no investor up to now.

Mono Orphanage (IT) – Abandoned orphanage at the Italian-Swiss border.

December 8, 2018 by Pepper

Mono Orphanage, a.k.a. Crying Baby Hospital, is an abandoned orphanage at the Italian-Swiss border. Until the 1970s, nuns prayed, lived and taught to the orphans here. The children mainly came here to cure tuberculosis.

Grand Hotel Prealpi (IT) – The former Grand Hotel in Varese foothills of the Alps

November 25, 2018 by Pepper

The midsection of this building opened in 1912 as Grand Hotel Prealpi. During the First World War the two wings were added and it was converted into a military hospital.

Ospedale Psichiatrico di Volterra (IT) – This real life asylum of horrors is now an abandoned ruin that hides the unbreakable code to one patient’s insanity.

November 18, 2018November 18, 2018 by Pepper

Volterra Psychiatric Hospital is a former psychiatric hospital in the city of Volterra. Founded in 1888, the hospital was known for its brutal treatment of inmates. It remained open until 1978, when it was closed following the passage of Law 180, which directed the closing down of all existing psychiatric hospitals.

Farm Westerkleaster (NL) – part 1

February 5, 2019October 28, 2018 by Pepper

This abandoned monumental farm, built around 1850, is situated in the middle of Frisian meadows. We are not only here in an abandoned and derelict monumental farm, but the area around this farm is also historically and archaeologically of special significance.