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#arrifana #beachscape

CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND STEPPA, MONGOLIA

#MONGOLIA #EMPTYSCAPES #MINIMALSCAPES #STEPPA #HIGHLANDS

KHOSGVOL, SIBERIAN MOUNTAINS - MONGOLIA

#khosgvol #siberian forests #siberian mountains #mongolia

GREAT SOUTHERN GOBI DESERT - MONGOLIA

#GOBI #SOUTHERNGOBI #FLAMINGCLIFFS #MONGOLIA #bayanzag #DESERT #DESERTSCAPES #MINIMALSCAPES #EMPTYSCAPES

ATLAS MOUNTAINS - MOROCCO

#MOROCCO #ATLAS #MIDATLAS #MERZOUGA #CASABLANCA #DESERT #MINIMALSCAPES #EMPTYSCAPES

#PANAMA #SANBLAS

ISLA CONTADORA - PANAMA

#PANAMA #ISLACONTADORA #LASPERLAS #PEARLSISLANDS

#LISBON #PORTUGAL #FACADES #STREETS #ROOFTOPS #PANO

ABADONED PLACES: CENTRO EQUESTRE FEDERALE - ROCCA DI PAPA

The most famous Italian equestrian centre, just recently re-opened after being closed down in July 2013, when CONI declared bankruptcy. So far, the centre has received funds for 200,000 euros. Just to get going. However, in order to make it fully operative, envisaging a potential “2024 Rome Olympic Games”, it has been estimated a budget of 5 millions euros.

The flourishing place that I remembered from my last visit 20 years ago is gone. Walking around the stables and arenas felt like being in a ghost town. There is barely anybody. Jumps in the cross country areas were all made new, however, after a no-rain summer, fields were entirely dry except some sporadic yellowish patch of grass. It felt like being in one of those semi-arid climatic areas near deserts.

Anyway, it was a magnificent spot to continue my report on abandoned places around the world, so here you go some shots!

#abandoned places #empty #emptyspaces #pratoni del vivaro #centro equestre federale #rocca di papa #coni #fise #cross country equestrian #equestrian

#abandoned places #empty #empty spaces #pratoni del vivaro #rocca di papa #centro equestre federale #fise #cross country #equestrian #coni

#abandoned places #empty #empty spaces #pratoni del vivaro #rocca di papa #centro equestre federale #FISE #CONI #cross country #equestrian

Reunification Palace - Ho Chin Minh City

A must go for for the amateurs of retro kitch design and modernist architecture.

The Independence Palace – also known as Reunification Palace - was built on the site of the former Norodom Palace designed by architect Ngo Viet Thuby in 1966. It was the home and workplace of the President of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

This 5 storey palace has a ground floor arranged with meeting rooms while upstairs a grand set of reception rooms and a basement with a telecommunication centre, bunker and war room. Its iconic interior design provides an outstanding blend of traditional Vietnamese and vintage design which remind of James Bond movies Goldfinger era.