Back in the day, buildings used to be a lot more creative and majestic than they are now. Sadly, not a lot of them have survived to this day, and even some of the ones that did aren’t always in the best of shapes. However, that doesn’t mean we can’t admire their unique beauty.
The members of the Abandoned Beauties Facebook group are sharing pictures of the most beautiful abandoned structures from around the world, and they still look impressive despite standing unused for hundreds of years. Check out some of the most stunning images shared in this group in the gallery below!
#1 The Stairway Of An Abandoned Button Factory
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#2 Abandoned Casino In Romania
Image source: The Glory of Disrepair
#3 Abandoned Glasshouse
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#4 Abandoned Castle In Italy
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#5 Mcdermott’s Castle, Abandoned Fairytale Irish Castle In The Middle Of A Lake, County Roscommon, Ireland
Image source: malteheitmueller
#6 An Old Castle That’s Been Left Behind In England
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#7 Abandoned House In The Swamp
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#8 A Very Little Key Will Open A Very Heavy Door. Charles Dickens
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#9 The Ruins Of Bannerman’s Castle, An Abandoned Military Surplus Warehouse, Still Stand In The Middle Of The Hudson River
Image source: Kim Zier Photography
#10 Abandoned Mansion, Belgium
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#11 The Garden Of Ninfa Is A Landscape Garden In The Territory Of Cisterna Di Latina, In The Province Of Latina, Central Italy
Image source: robyrabs
The garden includes the ruins of the ancient settlement of Ninfa, whose name seems to derive from a classical era nymphaeum, a temple dedicated to nymphs, located on an island in the small lake.
#12 A Perfect Place For Peaceful Thoughts And Meditation
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#13 Ballysaggartmore Towers Are Two Ornate Entrance Lodges (One Also Acts As A Bridge)
Image source: michaela.abeyphotography
They are situated on the former Ballysaggartmore Demesne approx 2.5 kilometres from the town of Lismore in County Waterford, Ireland. The structures are were constructed for an Anglo Irish Landlord, Arthur Keily-Ussher no later than 1834.
#14 Abandoned Chapel In France
Image source: isabelle_van_assche
#15 Abandoned 19th Century Greenhouse, France
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#16 A Library Inside An Abandoned 19th Century Victorian Mansion. Who Wants To Explore??
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#17 I Don’t Understand Why People Abandoned Beautiful Properties Like This
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#18 Beautiful Abandoned Miners’ Cottages In A Disused Slate Quarry In Snowdonia, North Wales
Image source: peter.pup
The quarry closed in 1969 due to industry decline and because 170-years of working the site had reaulted in waste tips sliding into the main pit workings.
#19 Fairy Tale House
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#20 Abandoned Beach House Slowly Being Reclaimed By The Sea, North Carolina
Image source: meunderwears
#21 Italy
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#22 The Magnificence Of An Abandoned Place
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#23 Abandoned Hotel Del Salto, Colombia. Explore Or Ignore?
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#24 Abandoned Guitar Factory
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#25 Abandoned Hotel In Northern Italy (San Pellegrino)
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#26 Abandoned Spa Town In The Czech Republic
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#27 A Roman Bathhouse Still In Use After 2,000 Years In Khenchela, Algeria
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#28 Aniva Lighthouse In Sakhalin, North Of Japan
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#29 Shengsi Islands
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There are few reminders of the power of nature as beautiful and stark as the scenes at the abandoned village of Houtouwan, on the Shengsi archipelago just off the Chinese mainland.
This small fishing village was only deserted in the early 1990s, but since then nearly every building has been enveloped by some of the densest greenery you will ever see.
#30 Abandoned Villa In Italy
