Our visit to he Sniper Tower in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the history the former Ljubljanska Bank, and the Mostar seige. A Balkans travel guide.
abandoned Blog Posts
Former Ballroom, Resort Pitsunda
Former Ballroom at Resort Pitsunda in Abkhazia. Alternative names Resort of all-Union and Seven Candles Resort. Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Guguță Cafe
The former Guguță Cafe in Chisinau, Moldova. Completed in 1967 and redesigned in 1976. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Iron Fountain
Iron Fountain in Gyumri, Armenia. Constructed in 1982 on the original site of the Polytechnic University. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
In photos: Abandoned swimming pools
Of all the derelict places we find, abandoned swimming pools are some of the most alluring. Urban exploration at some of the world’s forsaken swimming pools
Former Auditorium of the Industrial Technical College
Former Auditorium of the Industrial Technical College in Tbilisi, Georgia. Completed in 1976. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Monument to the Battle of the Wounded
Spomenik: Monument to the Battle of the Wounded on Mt. Makljen in Bosnia & Herzegovina. Destroyed in 2000. Socialist monument in the former Yugoslavia.
Restaurant Mayak
Restaurant Mayak in Dnipro, Ukraine. Completed in 1979 by architect Elvina Davydova. Now abandoned. Brutalist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Former Swimming Pool, Strategic Missile Forces and MVO Military Sanatorium
Swimming pool, part of the Strategic Missile Forces and MVO Military Sanatorium in Sukhumi, Abkhazia. Brutalist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Hotel National
Hotel National (formerly Hotel Intourist) in Chisinau, Moldova. Completed in 1978 and now abandoned. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Former Restaurant Sēnīte
Former Restaurant Sēnīte on the Vidzeme highway near Murjāņi, Latvia. Completed in 1967. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Expocenter of Ukraine (Pavilion 19/Consumer Goods)
Expocenter of Ukraine (Pavilion 19) in Kyiv, Ukraine. Completed in 1974. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.