The Spanish ghost town of Ciudad Valdeluz

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Ciudad Valdeluz is a suburb 60 kilometers (37 miles) northeast of Madrid, Spain. It was meant to be city of 30,000, but only 1,000 people took up residence there after construction halted in 2008 with 75% of the city unfinished due to the economic downturn.

Today, Ciudad Valdeluz resembles a ghost town with the few residents being served by a supermarket, a corner shop and a medical center open twice a week. A security patrol watches over the deserted streets and the empty buildings. 

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The Film City in the heart of the desert

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In the heart of the Qatar desert, deep in the Zakreet peninsula and away from the construction and gridlock of the capital Doha, lays the Film City, an abandoned movie set built as a mock up of an ancient Arabian village. The existence of Film City remains a mystery as no one seems to know why or when exactly it was built. Some say for a big Hollywood production, others for a Qatari soap opera, while others claim it was built for Qatar’s 2022 World Cup promotional video.

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The abandoned Six Flags New Orleans amusement park

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It's been 8 years since hurricane Katrina swept through New Orleans, living the city in ruins. The eastern part of the city where Six Flags amusement park is located since 2000 was badly flooded. The park itself was submerged under 4-7 feet (1-2 meters) of water when a combination of rainwater and sea water overflew from Lake Pontchartrain due to Katrina's massive storm surge. 

80% of the park buildings were demolished while all of its rides except of Batman: The Ride were destroyed. Six Flags expressed its wish to break early from the 75-year lease with the City of New Orleans but this won't happen before all insurance claims are settled. Until then, the park remains closed.  



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Abandoned villas in the Greek islands

As the economic crisis hit Greece, the development and sales of many hotels and villas in the Greek islands has been postponed. Many buildings have been left unfinished, waiting for a better time, sooner or later. 

Dutch photographer Patrick Van Dam travelled around Greece for this project. He says:

The projects were developed on the most wonderful and unique locations. On hillsides with breathtaking sea views or on mountains surrounded by olive trees, enclosed with privacy and serenity.  

The architectural lines combined with the ash-grey concrete structures are an attractive contrast against the rough, red-coloured rocks, the warm yellow high grass and the olive green bushes and trees. This almost abstract scenery shows a unique synergy between architecture and nature. It creates a new and intriguing landscape in which failure, poverty and hopelessness are easily forgotten.

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An abandoned Russian school

This abandoned school is in Murmansk, the largest city of the Arctic circle, 2000 km (1242 miles) away from Moscow, Russia. It shut down in 2005 due to its age and the low number of students who were transferred to a new school. There were plans for the building to be turned into a hotel but this didn't happen.

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