Explore #4 of the ‘128mb SD Card Tour’ History This wonderful decaying little church is now all that remains of an 18th century villa which was demolished in the 1960s to make way for the construction of a refinery. Our Explore This was an uneventful and relaxing little explore, so I’ll crack straight on with the photos. As always, click on a photo to launch slideshow viewer Thanks for coming by. Adam X
Explore #3 of the ‘128mb SD Card Tour’ Next on our Italian roadtrip it was time for some abandoned asylum goodness… History This psychiatric hospital / asylum was founded in a coastal Italian city in the 1890s. It was intended to house less chronic patients, but many who were admitted ended up being incarcerated for years, if not permanently. Originally built to house up to 700 patients, a growing demand led to the construction of an extension in the 1930s,…
Explore #22 of ‘The Picnics & Palaces Tour’ Our palaces megatour continued with a quick late-afternoon stopover at another grand old palace which has fallen into serious (and now terminal) decline… History (translated and rewritten from here). The baroque Palace Belcz dates back to 1787, when it was owned by the von Kalkereuth family. The estate then passed to the Schönborns, before being bought by Ludwig Adolph Theodor Dürr in 1898. During World War II the palace was commandeered by…
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