Top 10 abandoned cities of the world.
1) Pripyat.
Location: Pripyat, Ukraine 100 km from Kiev.
History: April 26 1986, the Chernobyl reactor began to overheat and tragedy resulted in the history of mankind. The incident was a blow to the viability of the platform of nuclear power, and even today the city of Pripyat is an abandoned city frozen in time 1980 of the former Soviet Union shell. Today the reactor has not been buried in a proper cover called "sarcophagus", the area remains unsafe for human life.
Abandoned since. 1986 2) Sanzhi. Location:. Sanzhi, New Taipei, Taiwan District This: History area called Sanzhi was originally a rental basis to U.S. military north of Taipei. During construction, many workers were killed in traffic accidents and other common accidents. The deaths were attributed to supernatural causes. Some speculated that the resort was built on a Dutch cemetery, while others attributed the misfortunes to a dragon statue that was destroyed during construction. Either way, the ruins never took their first guest, and the project was abandoned. Abandoned since. 1980 3) Craco. Area: Craco, Basilicata, Italy History: Built on a hilltop, was initially planned from its ability to repel the invaders. The city is located at the edge of the precipice. After being rocked by a series of earthquakes and landslides was abandoned. Abandoned since. 1963 4) Kolmanskop. Area: Kolmanskop, Namibia. history: it was in its heyday a city diamond mining and now a ghost town in the desert. It was built when Germans discovered vast mineral wealth in the area. They built the city in a German architectural style with a ballroom, a theater, and the tram system for the first time in Africa. The sands have filled houses, covered the streets, and slowly erased most signs of civilization. Abandoned since. 1954 5) Spirit Island. Location: Hashima Island, Nagasaki, Japan. history: During the revolution industry in Japan, the Mitsubishi company built this remote civilization around large coal deposits on the islands of Nagasaki. For nearly a century, mining thrived on the island. In its heyday, the island tube over five thousand inhabitants between the miners and their families. Today it is a post-apocalyptic environment. In 2009, the island tourists opened. Abandoned since. 1974 6) Oradour sur Glane. Location: Oradour sur Glane, Limousin, France. history: During World War II, Nazi troops arrived in Oradour sur Glane and destroyed the entire village, killing 642 people. The burned cars and buildings remain frozen in time as they did in 1944, a reflection of the monstrosity of war and a memorial to the farmers who lost their lives. The slaughter was one of the cruelest moments of humanity. Visitors of this "martyr village" are asked to remain silent while wandering the melancholy streets that reflect the tragedy. Abandoned since. 1944 7) Centralia. Area: Centralia, Pennsylvania, United States. history: In 1962, there was a fire, the fire quickly spread through a hole in the coal mine beneath the city, and the fires have been burning since. Waves of smoke out of the cracks in the road and large pits in the ground release thousands of degrees of heat and dangerous vapors into the air. The city has been slowly evacuated over the years, though some residents have chosen to stay, believing that the evacuation is a conspiracy by the state to obtain mining rights to coal reserves which are below their homes. Almost Abandoned remain dwelling in the city of 10 citizens. 8) Humberstone. Location: Northern Atacama Desert, Chile. history: Declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2005, Humberstone was once the refinery of saltpeter that gave life to the desert northern Chile. Life on the moonscape of the Chilean pampas is extremely sparse. The hostile environment proved to be a threat in the daily lives of the residents of Humberstone. Their efforts to extract nitrates from the largest deposit of saltpeter in the world and transformed agriculture in Europe and America in the form of sodium nitrate fertilizer. Abandoned since. 1960 9) Bodie. Area: Bodie California, United States. history: at the time was a boom, located more than 8,000 meters high in the Sierra Nevada was the site of the gold rush, at its height in the 1880s. At its peak tube churches, hospitals, four fire departments, and even Chinatown. Today, visitors are free to walk through the deserted streets of this city built on gold and hope. Abandoned since. 1942, although the last issue of the local newspaper, The Bodie Miner, was printed in 1912 . 10) Kayaköy Location : Kayaköy, Muğla, Turkey. history: Thousands of Greek speaking Christians lived in this town south of Fethiye in southwest Turkey for hundreds of years. The largest town is now a ghost town since the end of the Greco-Turkish War. More than 500 houses and several Greek Orthodox churches populate this garden of decaying structures. Some hope that there is a resurgence of this ancient city, between these artisans and organic farmers have begun to reach this marginalized community. Abandoned since 1923.
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