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Dee
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Sat Apr 14, 2018 10:40 am

What a fantastic building! Absolutely no attempt to symmetry!!! Yay! Gorgeous structure. I love all the arched windows too. And the remains of the fresco... so precious. It's really hard to see all this go to waste.
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Sun Apr 15, 2018 5:07 am

Amazing NR - it is such a grand looking building and what would appear to be in such a beautiful place - the view through those glass doors is breath-taking and I love the wrought iron work you can just see. I also love the bits of stain-glass - glass can be so beautiful, even small stained panels add to the colours and the play of the light.
Interesting no-one has bought it and done it up. I presume it must be cheaper to create a new build than re-vamp an old!
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Sun Apr 15, 2018 7:33 am

Yeah, Dee, I noticed the asymmetry, too. Just makes it all the more interesting. (Doesn't stop me from wanting to even it out on the other side of the main building, though...LOL :57: )

And, yes, MC, you'd think a wealthy entrepreneur would snatch it up and make a beautiful hotel out of it----that location!! :72: ----but it must be beyond hope. Very sad....
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Sun Apr 15, 2018 7:42 am

NurseRatched wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 15, 2018 7:33 am
 Yeah, Dee, I noticed the asymmetry, too. Just makes it all the more interesting. (Doesn't stop me from wanting to even it out on the other side of the main building, though...LOL :57: )


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Sun Apr 15, 2018 7:44 am

It seems it might have been sold in 2014?

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Sun Apr 15, 2018 8:13 am

Oh, my! Good detective work, missy :-D Maybe it will become an inn & we can travel there someday! :x
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Sun Nov 25, 2018 7:22 am

Abandoned greenhouses...

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Alton Towers, England:
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Near Lake Como, Italy:
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Sun Nov 25, 2018 9:01 am

These are brilliant! That dome looks fab from underneath. It is fascinating why their abandonment make them more special, but it so does!
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Sun Nov 25, 2018 11:38 am

I like them all and there is definitely something quite magical about the dome made up of all those small pieces of glass but I absolutely love the way that tree has just kept on growing - right through the roof. Wonderful!!! Thanks NR.
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Wed Dec 26, 2018 6:29 pm

A stunning house we saw in Comillas, Spain, last summer...

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