Abandoned places

European heritage organization Europa Nostra has added the ruins of Charles of Lorraine's Palace in Mariemont to its shortlist of most endangered monuments in 2023.

Near the Hauptbahnhof station in Berlin, Germany, the only relict of the Berliner Gewerbeausstellung from 1879 is a higgledy-piggledy staircase.

A military railway line, a dilapidated monument and an anti-tank trenches surround the ruins of the Brasschaat fortress.

In the valley of the River Thyle, a group of monks came together in 1146 to build the Villers Abbey.

With its 17 bunkers linked together, the fortress of Eben-Emael was considered impregnable—or so the Belgian army thought.

A concrete ventilation tower in the middle of a meadow is the only sign of Fort de Boncelles' presence in Seraing.

When Limburg became the El Dorado of Belgium at the beginning of the 20th century, coal mines sprang up like mushrooms. In their wake, garden suburbs and engineers' and directors' homes were built.