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Recently abandoned cities or cities whose location was never in question might be referred to as ruins or ghost towns. Smaller settlements may be referred to as abandoned villages . The search for such lost cities by European explorers and adventurers in Africa, the Americas, and Southeast Asia from the 15th century onward eventually led to the ...
Abandoned village in Russia The remains of a fieldstone church in Dangelsdorf Germany, from the 14th century Moggessa di Qua near Moggio Udinese/Italy Glanzenberg, a 13th-century town in Unterengstringen, Switzerland Villa Epecuén . An abandoned village is a village that has, for some reason, been deserted. In many countries, and throughout ...
Chamla is an abandoned village in the Smolyan municipality; Dolna Melna, near the Serbian border. [54] Dragostin is an abandoned village in Gotse Delchev that was erased from the registers in 2008. [55] Kanitz, a village in northwest Bulgaria with 4 residents as of 2019. [56] Kashle, near the Serbian border. [54]
Deserted medieval village site abandoned by the mid 18th century. The modern village was abandoned by the remaining 37 residents in 1942 when the Stanford Training Area was established. [44] [140] Langhale Village mentioned in the Domesday Book. Probably a dispersed settlement with the parish church in ruins by the early 16th century.
Lost Village(s) or The Lost Village may refer to: Places. Abandoned villages; Deserted medieval villages; Lost Villages, a group of ten villages in Ontario, Canada;
Nordfjord or Syltefjord is an abandoned fishing village in Båtsfjord Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located along the Syltefjorden, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of the village of Båtsfjord. Nordfjord was formerly a trading post in the municipality, and it had a shop, school, Syltefjord Chapel, and a private post ...
Ath Thaqab (Arabic: الثغب) is an abandoned village in Qatar, located in the municipality of Ash Shamal, approximately 110 km away from the capital Doha. [2] It is close to the settlements of Al Ruwaydah [3] and Al Khuwayr, [4] the latter of which is only 3 miles away. Thaqab Fort is located in the vicinity of the settlement. [3]
Mining towns were abandoned when the mines closed, largely due to the devaluation of silver in 1893. Mill towns were abandoned when the mining towns they serviced closed. Farming towns on the eastern plains were often deserted due to rural depopulation. Coal towns were abandoned when the coal (or the need for it) ran out.