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Abandoned Places - Where Time Has Stopped (Paperback)
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Abandoned Places - Where Time Has Stopped (Paperback)
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List price R558
Loot Price R429
Discovery Miles 4 290
You Save R129 (23%)
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Ghost towns, empty streets, crumbling ruins and lost empires this
book reveals these and other deserted places. Many places featured
were once populated and now sit unoccupied, modern day ruins,
sitting in decay. Stories, facts and photographs of 60 beautiful
and eerie abandoned places from throughout the world. Time has
stopped and nature is taking resident in these places mainly due to
natural disasters, war or economic reasons. Places include:
Severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina, Six Flags Jazzland has been
abandoned since. Several of the rides still stand, a testimony to
the resilience of New Orleans. Shicheng in China has been under
water for 53 years since the Xin'an River Hydro Plant flooded the
area. The city was founded 1,300 years ago. Chernobyl was totally
abandoned after the nearby nuclear disaster in 1986. Due to
radiation, it has been left untouched ever since the incident and
will be for many thousands of years into the future. Nature now
rules the city in what resembles an apocalyptic movie. Poveglia is
an island in the Venetian Lagoon which under the rule of Napoleon
Bonaparte became a dumping ground for plague victims and later an
asylum for the mentally ill. Plymouth was the capital of the island
of Montserrat. The town was overwhelmed by volcanic eruptions
starting in 1995 and was abandoned. St Kilda a remote Scottish
Island may have been permanently inhabited for at least two
millennia, the population probably never exceeding 180. The entire
population was evacuated in 1930.
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