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L’église Saint-Pierre Church of Decay Grâce-Hollogne Liege Adam X Urban Exploration Belgium Access 2017 Abandoned decay lost forgotten derelict location creepy haunting eerie

Explore #209: L’église Saint-Pierre aka Church of Decay, Grâce-Hollogne, Belgium – August 2017

Explore #1 of ‘The Greased Otters Tour’ with Jeremy, Mark and Tim. Another long weekend, another jaunt around decaying goodness. After assembling from the four corners of the world (Blackpool, London, Norwich, and Wales) we made the usual middle-of-the-night eurotunnel crossing and headed to Belgium. First stop at dawn was this beautifully decayed church which I’d failed to get in a few years earlier – this time the gods were smiling… History The Church of Saint-Pierre was first built during…

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Ornate painted ceiling staircase Villa schöne Decke Villa HMG Urbex Germany Adam X Urban Exploration Access 2016 Abandoned decay lost forgotten derelict location Deutschland

Explore #164: Villa Schöne Decke aka Villa HMG, Germany – May 2016

Explore #4 of ‘The Picnics & Palaces Tour’ Next up on our tour of East Germany and Poland was a quick 30 minute visit to this abandoned old manor house with a distinctive painted ceiling. History Apparently the house was owned by an eccentric man who claimed to be a ‘wizard’ and who suddenly disappeared with the rest of his family one night shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, possibly to start a new life in the West.…

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Stairs Staircase ornate columns pillars Villa Guano Villa Miley Urbex Germany Adam X Urban Exploration Access 2016 Abandoned decay lost forgotten derelict location Deutschland

Explore #163: Villa Guano aka Villa Miley, Germany – May 2016

Explore #3 of ‘The Picnics & Palaces Tour’ Day Two saw a traditionally early start, and first up was this derelict manor house with rather lovely stairs, columns and capitals (as I think they’re called – feel free to correct me, any architecture buffs out there)… Access wasn’t looking good initially, but after some careful scouting and some more good teamwork we managed to get inside undetected. We then spent a relaxed hour or so taking a few shots, and…

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