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In a world where the human footprint is increasingly predominant, it is fascinating to observe how nature can take back its rights, slowly but surely. This new series of photos entitled "When Nature Reclaims Its Rights" takes us on a striking visual journey, capturing those moments when lush vegetation, untamed wildlife and natural elements reclaim places abandoned by man. Through my lens, we experience the raw beauty and perseverance of nature reclaiming its territory.

Each shot in this series illustrates an impressive transformation. From derelict buildings overgrown with vegetation to deserted roads now blanketed in verdant moss, the photographs reveal how nature seeps into the cracks of human urbanism. The lens captures the gradual metamorphosis, with images taken over periods ranging from months to years, providing a unique perspective on the natural pace of the recovery process.

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Palacio, Portugal

Palacio, Portugal

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hitex
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3 years ago

Gorgeous stain glass still remaining. They should try to salvage this

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    Castle, France

    Castle, France

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    TheGoodBoi
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    3 years ago

    I want to explore it!

    DPNY 53
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Doesn't look like you could get thru the door!

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    Toni Epple
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I don't speak french, but it seems it belonged to Josef Mengele, which would explain why nobody wants it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvs-myxSz6w

    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Fake story.

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    ArodTheHorrible
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Any place with that many hearths must be wonderful :D

    geezeronthehill
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Manor house, not castle.

    Gabriel Chandler
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Spooky Cool. The French influence is obvious

    Paul Bushell
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I am amazed this is not on Chateau DIY!

    Gabriel Chandler
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Spooky cool. The French influence is obvious

    Cosmologist wannabe
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Castle? What Castle?

    The Original Bruno
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Is every big house in France gonna be called a "castle" on the internet? Medieval? No. Fortified? No. Moat, battlements or tower? No.

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    Manor, France

    Manor, France

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    TheGoodBoi
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    3 years ago

    Makes you wonder the story, or the stories the began and ended in these places.

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    Synagogue, Romania

    Synagogue, Romania

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    Michael Fuhry
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Considering European history over the last 100 years, the story of this synagogue shouldn't present too great a mystery.

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    Castle, France

    Castle, France

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    TheGoodBoi
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    3 years ago (edited)

    Wonder if it's haunted O.o

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    Castle, France

    Castle, France

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    hitex
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Ceilings were once magnificent. Shame to see it in decay

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    Factory, France

    Factory, France

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    JM
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Wow - I think I'd get vertigo on that tiny staircase

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    Castle, France

    Castle, France

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    Kim
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    3 years ago

    What is wrong with all these french catsles??? Have they been left since the revolution?

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    Airplane, Bulgaria

    Airplane, Bulgaria

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    MotherofGuineaPigs
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    3 years ago (edited)

    Abandoned air base: https://www.plitvicetimes.com/incredible-photos-abandoned-plane-at-zeljava-airbase/

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    Car, France

    Car, France

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    TheGoodBoi
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    3 years ago

    Look at that, already has a steering wheel cover. How much you want for it?

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    Castle, France

    Castle, France

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    JM
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I find myself wondering about the families who lived in the beautiful homes - joy, sadness, memories now lost.

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    Car, France

    Car, France

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    Michael Fuhry
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Oh, I think that's a Citroën Traction Avant! Lovely cars.

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    Castle, France

    Castle, France

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    Jeremy Crocker
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Not every ruin is a former castle...

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    Palacio, Portugal

    Palacio, Portugal

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    UnimportantDog (she/her)
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    The lighting on this one is incredible!

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    Sanatorium, Georgia

    Sanatorium, Georgia

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    James Edwards
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    That's just crazy

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    Factory, Romania

    Factory, Romania

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    JM
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Must have been the height of modern industrialism in its day. Imagine all the people employed there, and the families they raised on their pay!

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    Building, Bulgaria

    Building, Bulgaria

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    Maggie
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Glad that nature is beautifying this ugly edifice.

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    #18

    Ghost Town, Cyprus

    Ghost Town, Cyprus

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    Hugh Cookson
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Famagusta in the North of the island. Abandoned after the Turks decided to 'liberate' their Cypriot brothers - missing the fact that Turkish and Greek Cypriots had (mostly) been happily getting along quite nicely, without conflict or tension for several hundred years prior to this. I was a young English boy, holidaying in Famagusta at the time ... strange times. And here we are 50 + years down the road and a perfectly good city has been left to rot because some stupid old men can't agree to disagree and let the majority get on with their lives.

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    Eiffel Tower Replica, Romania

    Eiffel Tower Replica, Romania

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    hitex
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Just hanging in middle of nowhere

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