Friday 1 March 2013

Ghost Towns in Europe


Oradour-sur-Glane, France.

            The small village of Oradour-sur-Glane, France, is a place of unspeakable horrors. During World War II, 642 residents were massacred by German soldiers as punishment for the French Resistance. Germany was initially intended to target nearby Oradour-sur-Vayres and mistakenly attacks Oradour-sur-Glane on June 10, 1944. According to the story, the men were herded into a barn where they were shot in the legs so they would die more slowly. The women and children locked up in the church, all perished when they tried to escape were greeted by machine-gun fire. The village was destroyed by the Germans afterward. Ruins still stand today as a memorial to the dead and a reminder of the events that occurred. Besides, the government also built a mass funeral for the victims. However, the government did not dare to rebuild this city because of the horrors and atrocities that happened here. According travelers who've been, where it is often cold porch strange and terrible, too often seen movement and strange shadows

Prypiat Ukraina.

Prypiat  is a ghost town located in the northern region of Ukraine. The city was once the settlements for workers Nuclear Power Plant in Chernobyl. After the incident the leaking nuclear reactor in 1986, the city formerly inhabited five thousand inhabitants abandoned even this. Even this city was closed by the local authorities on the grounds of risk of nuclear radiation. Until now, the government has yet to allow anyone to visit this location without the use of special anti-radiation clothing. In 2012, released the film "Chernobyl Diaries" which tells a monster mutant due to nuclear radiation that roam the ruins of this city.
Deserted Mining Town of Pyramiden, Sweden.

The city is a coal mining town sold by Sweden to the Soviet Union in the early 1920s. The city became a victim of a classic case of the Soviet state, the company execute decisions based on government regulations. Once the city is considered less necessary nor productive for government purposes, suddenly evacuated residents as a whole. Residents left many relics and furniture, visitors can look through the window - but not close because visitors are banned for security reasons.

Kadykchan.

Kadykchan  is one of many small Russian cities that fell into ruin when the Soviet Union collapsed. Residents were forced to move to gain access to services like running water, schools and medical care. State to move them out for two weeks, and they were taken to other cities and fitted with new housing. The town is now deserted. By the time the Soviet Union collapsed, the haste, the people leave stuff in their homes. So now they can be found old toys, books, clothing and other objects throughout the empty city.

Deserted Town of Castelnuovo de 'Sabbioni, Italy.

Lonely and mysterious village "Castelnuovo" guarded only by a flimsy fence that is half broken. Located in Tuscany, on a small hill near Arezzo, one of the peculiar features of the relics is a weird quiz written in many desert areas such as building walls riddle an abandoned village. Today is a beautiful little town, situated on the edge of the cliff with the features of a castle at the top and partially walled city situated on the hillside surrounding olive treed - but all of this is entirely abandoned. Because seismic instability, the residents moved in the past decade, they will be leaving town for a perfectly preserved but it ended up being a medieval historical inscriptions. However, the visit soon! because maybe the next earthquake in this area will lead to the old town will be last seen

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