A beautifully illustrated, fascinating compendium of abandoned places that were so recently a significant part of modern life but are now discarded and ravaged by nature and time.
From empty manor houses to crumbling churches and disused factories across Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia, it reveals many of the world's sleeping treasures, relics from a bygone era, all with a history and a story to tell.
Travel to Stack Rock Fort, a Victorian island reclaimed by nature
Discover the Castle of Sammezzano, a masterpiece of excess and refinement
Explore the Palazzo Athena, a neo-classical house with a large, elliptical room that extends over 2 floors
Investigate the Crespi d'Adda Power Plant, the jewel of industrial technology in 1909
Examine the Hugo Mine Hangman's Room which is not what you think
Journey to Saint Martin of the Tigers a ghost town in Southern Angola, a model settlement in one of the most inhospitable regions of the Namibe desert
Each place comes with a bespoke map to help locate the forsaken site and is illustrated with beautiful photographs that really bring the places to life.
Turn to the Atlas of Forbidden Places to uncover the incredible stories behind once thriving buildings. Take a peek behind closed doors to discover who used to live there or work there and understand why these places were abandoned.
Countries covered in the Atlas of Forbidden Places:
Africa - Angola, Morocco, Namibia
Americas - Cuba, USA
Asia - Armenia, Kazakhstan, Japan, Lebanon, Pakistan
Europe - Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxemburg, Portugal, Romania, Spain, UK, Ukraine
Also in the same series:
Atlas of Geographical Curiosities
Atlas of Extreme Weathers
Atlas of Unusual Wines
Twelve Monkeys Power Plant • Baltimore, United States
Abandoned buildings in Havana • Cuba
Subterranean Reservoirs and Cisterns • London, United Kingdom
Crossness Pumping Station • London, United Kingdom
Wilders Folly • Reading, United Kingdom
Royal Aircraft Establishment • Farnborough, United Kingdom
Stack Rock Fort • South Wales, United Kingdom
Alla Italia Thermal Spa • Liège Province, Belgium
Maidens School • Liège Province, Belgium
Flood Castle • Liège Province, Belgium
Lucky Castle • Liège Province, Belgium
Top Grunge MIG • Liège Province, Belgium
The Commodities Exchange • Antwerp Province, Belgium
Satellite Communication Station • Kester, Belgium
Cooling Tower • Monceau-sur-Sambre, Belgium
Crimson Earth • Luxembourg
A hovertrain 'Made in France' • France
The theatre of Dole • France
Cement factory dome • Spain
21st-century crypt • Porto, Portugal
The Crespi d'Adda power plant • Italy
Palazzo Athena • Italy
Castello Non Plus Ultra • Italy
Sant'Elia Stadium • Sardinia, Italy
Hugo Mine Hangman's Room 2 • Germany
Kraftwerk Vockerode • Germany
VEB Kraftwerk • Germany
Church of Saint George • Lukovà, Czech Republic
Kelenfold Power Plant • Hungary
Sharovsky Castle • Kharkiv region, Ukraine
Lenin Palace of Culture • Dnipro, Ukraine
Abandoned town of Pripyat • Chernobyl, Ukraine
Hunedoara station • Romania
Casino Constanta • Romania
Buzludzha • Bulgaria
Polytechnic University of Gyumri • Armenia
Tbilisi funicular • Tbilisi, Georgia
Tskaltubo • Georgia
Baikonur Cosmodrome • Kazakhstan
Tomb of Bibi Jawindi • Pakistan
Gunkanjima • Japan
Kolmanskop • Namibia
Saint Martin of the Tigers • Tiger Island, Angola
Meknes aerodrome • Morocco
Gran Teatro Cervantes • Tangier, Morocco
Hammam Al-Nouri • Tripoli, Lebanon
