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seven ghost towns of America to Cyprus

are Worldwide, many abandoned places and ghost towns. Here are seven of them presented. This deserted cities are now often mysterious and spooky. It does not many years or decades has vibrant urban life in them. There is a small glimpse of are taught how people were living there, which has led to the the Places no longer inhabited by humans and how the cities look like today.



Varosha, Cyprus
Varosha is a city in Cyprus and occupied in 1974 during the Cyprus conflict between Turkey and Greece by Turkish armed forces.
had by the year 1973, developed the site for the tourist area of \u200b\u200bCyprus.

In Varosha, 45 were hotels with 10,000 beds, 60 apartment hotels, 99 recreation centers / recreation centers, 21 banks, 24 theaters and cinemas and about 3,000 stores. In addition, in 1974 were still 380 buildings under construction. The Turkish army said the city into a restricted zone.

Kolmanskuppe, Namibia

Kolmanskuppe (Kolmanskop) is a former settlement in the former German colony of German Southwest Africa, now Namibia.
The city was founded around 1908 after being found in the area the first diamond. In the town the approximately 400 people lived in great luxury, thanks to the diamond, which in Europe has been imported.

When the diamonds were mined, leaving the residents with the time of the surrounding desert site. The desert again took possession of the land and in the 60 years of the 20th Century, the last residents left the place.

Bodie, USA

This town owes its founding to the natural resources of the country. William Bodey was here in 1859 gold. In an attempt to bring his family, William Bodey died, but his family founded die Stadt bald darauf. Augrund der Befürchtung, dass der Name Bodey falsch ausgesprochen würde (body heisst Leiche im Englischen), wurde die Stadt Bodie getauft.

 Die Goldgräberstadt hatte schließlich um das Jahr 1880 herum 10.000 Einwohner und erlebte ihre Blütezeit. Bodie war aber zu diesem Zeitpunkt ebenfalls eine der gesetzlosesten Städte in Amerika. Als die Mine keinen Gewinn mehr erwirtschaftete wanderte die Bevölkerung ab und hinterließ seit 1930 die Geisterstadt Bodie.

 


Gunkanjima, Japan

Gunkanjima is Japanese island with a size of about one square kilometer. Between 1887 and 1974 was
here undersea coal was mined. Just as in Cyprus Varosha Gunkanjima is uninhabited since 1974. Meanwhile, about 5,000 workers and family members on Hashima, as the island also means to have lived.

1959, one of the highest ever recorded population densities in the world computes. The island was partly underground residential and administrative buildings, Temples, police station, post office, swimming pools, sewage treatment plant, nursery, schools, cinemas, restaurants, more than 20 shops, a hospital and another to a brothel. The people left because of sudden unemployment, the island very quickly and left many personal items.

Pripyat, Ukraine

When the Chernobyl disaster arrived lived in Pripyat about 48,000 people, of which the majority of workers in nuclear power plants and their families were. Pripyat is uninhabitable in the area around the damaged power plant.

Pripyat is uninhabitable in the area around the damaged power plant.

Oradour-sur-Glane France

Almost all population of the village was killed. 642 people were burned in 1944 by a unit of the SS or shot. Women and children were herded into the church, which was then set on fire, the church tower was blown up and crashed into the nave.
The men of the village were shot.

When the war was over, was built not far from the old to a new location. The remains of the old village are today as a memorial.

Agdam, Azerbaijan

Having had prevailed for several years, a conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the region Bergkaraback and Azerbaijani refugees in the city of Agdam since 1988 lived, the city was forced to flee in 1993 occupied by Armenian forces and the population.

Krasse shit huh? I find it somewhat eerie and magical at the same time. I would be happy to visit once a deserted town .. that has a strange feeling ...


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