Same! Thanks for the kind words, and I'm hoping it inspires others to explore more! 🤩

I appreciate you adding on! 🙂

And please feel free to post your own discoveries. I like this sub very much, but am only able to post here once in a while...

The original medieval hilltop village of Craco Matera has been uninhabited since ~1970 from severe landslides, floods, and a devastating earthquake. (Irpania: 6.9 MMS, X MMI!) Waaay back in 1561, before this long decline, Craco Matera had a pop. ~2,600, and most locals today (<600) live in Craco Peschiera, a commune nearby, FWIW. 🤓

Beautiful! 🤩

FYI: "Basilicata" comes from the Greek basilikos (βασιλικός), ref: the "basileus" the Byzantine emperors (532-1059 AD), but before was called "Lucania" (Latin: lucis/lucere [light/to shine] +place of), which is why the people are called "Lucano/a" (or in English "Lucanian"), and rarely "Basilicatesi". ☝🏼🤓

Based on what I've found-- I don't think so.
But I'm not from the area, so...

It seems more like an interesting place to visit, for those interested to take the hike. A reminder of once what was...

How abandoned is it? Do no ppl live there?

Very cool website thank you!

spite houses are fun

Wow, that's weirdly impressive. oO

Did the side fall off?

Oui (I am American lol)

Seems to be a valley region dominated by nature, so I'm guessing that plays a part. So, perhaps not easy to reach, and also a pretty unique building that people have less impulse to tag up, salvage, etc. *shrug*

It's interesting how there appears to be no graffiti or that many broken windows.

Usually when exploring places they're covered in graf, have been vandalised, the metal stolen and burnt

Promoting swimming was the plan, yes. I don't remember the children's death because I was not born yet, but I suspect it gave one more incentive to teach swimming to every kid.

In the summer, it can be opened, on one side, and closed when it rains or when the weather is cold.

Interesting. So they were covered like that to allow swimming in bad weather and cold weather, I guess?

If I understand correctly, these were built in the wake of the many childrens' deaths related to the Juigné-sur-Loire river drowning and the sinking of the cruise boat La Fraidieu on Lake Geneva. The idea was to help French youth become better swimmers, right?

Note that the "swimming pool in Nemours" (the round yellow thing) is not uncommon in France. It's a "sunflower pool" and a lot were created like that in the 70s. We used those up to 90s (and even more if they were taken care of).

It's round, but the swimming pool inside is a regular rectangle.

Yeah, it's a goodie, eh?

I like these kinds of sites, but so many seem to be American-produced for one reason or another. Really cool to see one of from a Euro (well, French) perspective...

That whole website was a fantastic rabbit hole. Thank you!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Hill%2C_Anglesey

I was not expecting the age. OG construction in the 1700s and abandoned since WWII.

In 1939 at the outbreak of World War II, the mansion was requisitioned by the government and used as a temporary housing for Polish soldiers. The Polish soldiers found the home too cold and decided to start a fire within the mansion so they would be moved to new housing accommodations. The fire destroyed a large part of the interior and the soldiers were removed from the house but only to tents on the Baron Hill Estate grounds. The mansion was abandoned afterwards and is still abandoned and derelict to this day

First time I've seen one without 100s of people on top

I agree on Dark, and I like to make pictures

The plastic is probably something like weed cloth, to prevent plants from overrunning the path

No there's a layer of something rubbery/plasticy meant to hold the thing together. I guess it kind of prevents erosion but also is gross

There are two signs mounted n there, warning about the dangers of cave collapse and saying this is a protected habitat for bats.

How about a nice game of Joust?