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This is a list of lists of ghost towns in the United States by state. ... Ghost towns of the American West; Ghost town Gallery; Lost America; Monument Gallery;
First European settlement in the New World during the Age of Discovery. Abandoned by 1500. 1494: Concepción de la Vega: La Vega: Dominican Republic: Founded by Christopher Columbus in 1494 as a gold town, the original place was abandoned by 1562 after an earthquake destroyed the settlement and refounded 5 kilometers away between 1562-1564. Was ...
Continuously inhabited since the Early Bronze Age, [195] an urban settlement called Skodra was founded by Illyrians in the 4th century BC and fortified in moenia aeacia style, [196] [197] it became the capital of the Illyrian kingdom under the Ardiaei and Labeatae and was one of the most important cities of the Balkans in ancient times. [198 ...
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]
First European settlement in the New World during the Age of Discovery. Abandoned by 1500. 1494 Concepción de la Vega: La Vega: Dominican Republic Founded by Christopher Columbus in 1494 as a gold town, and abandoned by 1562 after an earthquake destroyed the settlement. 1496 Santo Domingo: Distrito Nacional: Dominican Republic
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 ...
To determine its list, WalletHub compared 182 cities—including the 150 most populated U.S. cities, plus at least two of the most populated cities in each state—in three main categories: home ...
Abandoned hospitals in North America (2 C) I. Former or disused inland waterways (1 C, 6 P) M. Modern ruins (1 C, 43 P) R. Abandoned rapid transit stations (9 C, 27 P) T.