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An abandoned Olympic village in Germany 馃嚛馃嚜

It hosted 4000 athletes during the games. The facilities included swimming pools, gymnasiums, sports fields and a manmade lake.

The Wehrmacht took control after the games, converting the reception buildings into a hospital and other blocks into lecture halls. Following the Second World War, the Soviets used the site to house troops.

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An abandoned coal mine in Germany 馃嚛馃嚜

Zeche P is part of an abandoned coal mine in the Ruhr area of western Germany. The first shaft was sunk in the 1930s, and mining operations were expanded to include a second shaft in the 1980s. This area of Germany was a prolific coal-producing region at the end of the 20th Century. This mine was closed in the late 2000s, when the headstock and many of the buildings were demolished.

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馃帴 New video on my #PeerTube channel!

Abandoned School In Ireland 馃嚠馃嚜 - (Urban Exploration) Urbex & Abandoned Places

Join me on a #video adventure, as I explore the unique story of this abandoned space 鉃★笍 https://lostpod.space/w/oAvwNJiTRf5u3awX2GdQAb

#AbandonedIreland#AbandonedSchool#Explore#AbandonedPlaces#Irish#LostPlace #History#Explore
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This is Camber Castle, in East Sussex. It stands mid-way between the Cinque Ports of Rye and Winchelsea, and was completed in 1543. It was once on a promontary by the sea and guarded the entrances to the two harbours. It was intended to offer protection from French invasion. However, in the event, it wasn't the French who invaded but the sand and silt. The harbours are long gone and the castle now sits some considerable way from the sea.

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#FotoVorschlag - Rath盲user.

Photo theme: town halls.

This is the 15th century town hall in Damme, Belgium, with its obvious Gothic architectural style with Flemish touches in the stepped gables on the roof. The clock tower contains both a mechanical timepiece and a sundial as backup and the town hall hosts the two oldest bells in the Flanders region, both from the late 14th century.

#Photography #Travel#Belgium #Damme#Flanders#Architecture#Gothic #History

It's a crisp, clear day, early in the morning and early in the year with a vibrant but cold blue sky overhead. We're in the small square in front of a small town hall in Belgium. A statue, a fountain, and some cars are nearby, and there are some low white houses with red tiled roofs to the left but it's the town hall that we're most interested in. It's built from pale grey stone with two high storeys before it meets a steep roof of grey tiles that is as tall again as the two floors it is supported by. The lower floor looks to be mostly for storage as the doors and windows are small and closed up. In the centre of the upper floor is the main door, reached by stone steps that ascend from the left and right below, with stone banisters and a stone portico at the top. Either side are niches in the upper storey where statues of important figures are erected. The windows are tall and narrow. At each end of the building the roof ends in stepped gables typical of northern European architecture. Centrally on the roof there is a small clock tower, hexagonal or octagonal in form with some red wooden railings and framed windows beneath the pyramidal spire.
It's a crisp, clear day, early in the morning and early in the year with a vibrant but cold blue sky overhead. We're in the small square in front of a small town hall in Belgium. A statue, a fountain, and some cars are nearby, and there are some low white houses with red tiled roofs to the left but it's the town hall that we're most interested in. It's built from pale grey stone with two high storeys before it meets a steep roof of grey tiles that is as tall again as the two floors it is supported by. The lower floor looks to be mostly for storage as the doors and windows are small and closed up. In the centre of the upper floor is the main door, reached by stone steps that ascend from the left and right below, with stone banisters and a stone portico at the top. Either side are niches in the upper storey where statues of important figures are erected. The windows are tall and narrow. At each end of the building the roof ends in stepped gables typical of northern European architecture. Centrally on the roof there is a small clock tower, hexagonal or octagonal in form with some red wooden railings and framed windows beneath the pyramidal spire.
It's a crisp, clear day, early in the morning and early in the year with a vibrant but cold blue sky overhead. We're in the small square in front of a small town hall in Belgium. A statue, a fountain, and some cars are nearby, and there are some low white houses with red tiled roofs to the left but it's the town hall that we're most interested in. It's built from pale grey stone with two high storeys before it meets a steep roof of grey tiles that is as tall again as the two floors it is supported by. The lower floor looks to be mostly for storage as the doors and windows are small and closed up. In the centre of the upper floor is the main door, reached by stone steps that ascend from the left and right below, with stone banisters and a stone portico at the top. Either side are niches in the upper storey where statues of important figures are erected. The windows are tall and narrow. At each end of the building the roof ends in stepped gables typical of northern European architecture. Centrally on the roof there is a small clock tower, hexagonal or octagonal in form with some red wooden railings and framed windows beneath the pyramidal spire.
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An abandoned Olympic village in Germany 馃嚛馃嚜

It hosted 4000 athletes during the games. The facilities included swimming pools, gymnasiums, sports fields and a manmade lake.

The Wehrmacht took control after the games, converting the reception buildings into a hospital and other blocks into lecture halls. Following the Second World War, the Soviets used the site to house troops.

More #photos - https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/leisure/das-olympisches/

#AbandonedPlaces #Germany#Explore #Photography #History#Olympics