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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 ...
Following the Black Death, the village was abandoned, and the church stood empty for centuries. In 1901 it was purchased by an antiquarian, George Matthews Arnold, Mayor of Gravesend. [6] He restored the walls and roof of the church and in 1954 the Arnold family returned the building to the Catholic Church. [7]
It is the period from the early medieval period onwards that has excited most public interest in lost places, especially the Deserted Medieval Villages of the county. In some cases, their depopulation was due to the national economic decline that was accelerated by the Black Death in the 14th century. [17]
Hello, I'm an urban explorer from Lithuania. For over 10 years, I've been exploring abandoned buildings across Europe. One of my favorite types of places to explore has always been abandoned ...
When the storm cleared, local villagers found the outline of a village consisting of several small houses without roofs. [7] [8] William Graham Watt of Skaill House, [9] a son of the local laird who was a self-taught geologist, began an amateur excavation of the site, but after four houses were uncovered, work was abandoned in 1868. [10]
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Wharram Percy is a deserted medieval village and former civil parish near Wharram-le-Street, [1] now in the parish of Wharram, on the western edge of the chalk Wolds of North Yorkshire, England. It is about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Wharram-le-Street and is signposted from the Beverley to Malton road ( B1248 ).
The 7.1 million square foot leasing space was built on farm land and is a haunting reminder of ambitious, albeit poorly planned, urban development, which is sadly the case in many parts of China.