Gotta admit it wasn't in my intentions to go Urbexing on New Year's day but since I found this on my way why not? "This" is what looks like that from Google's eyes:
The first odd thing that made me stop and have a look is that while the roof (as you can see) is devastated enough to make you thing it's been abandoned for ages, the entrance looks obviously used and short of maintained:
Since this complex gave me obvious signs of use I didn't do the extra mile to jump in so I tried to capture it from the outside which gives plenty of view anyway. Ladies and gents, let's have a look at this absurdity step by step. Here's the view from the main gate:
The stuff that I can see inside convinces me that it must be used by the local municipality. That sign lying on the left of those blue recycle bins is enough evidence. Makes sense if you wonder "how much of a secret can a municipality's property be?" but believe it or not there's no sign and no info about it on the net. It's a pitiful contrast to see all this contemporary mess surrounding those once beautiful old buildings but that's only a first taste of the absurdity that follows.
Next to the main complex I find this small old building:
As you can see it once used to host power cables. Not sure what it might be used for in the past but could be part of the local train infrastructure (this town was the first to be connected by train with Athens in the late 19th century - one of the oldest trains in Europe which stopped during the 60s). Its windows are fenced and it's left all alone and deserted:
Time to focus back to the main complex. Outside its nice stone wall the soil that has been accumulated through the years offers a very convenient view point of what's inside:
Among other stuff that's in there I'm a bit impressed by those huge floodlights (compare them with the pallet that's under to get an idea of their size):
Absurdity kicks in further when I notice that there's chopped wood inside this building hence the saw dust spread all around:
How come the municipality has anything to do with chopping firewood? A closer view to the latter also offers me a view of that goalpost in the background which brings me back to my schooldays:
Walking the perimeter of this complex brings me in front of one of its buildings and its fenced windows:
Curious what's behind those windows?
There you go:
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How odd to see those beautiful old stone walls hosting all that crap. I gave you a spoiler about absurdity early enough - you've been warned :)
But there's more.
Part of the old grace is still standing, part of it is gone long ago:
Today this thing have to co exist with all shorts of stuff - beach umbrellas, playground leftovers, streetlight bulbs, you name them:
Fun fact: In the middle picture (click to enlarge) you can see a mobile number written on that wood fenced window. Funnier fact, the guy who wrote it didn't manage to make it in one line so he/she wrote the last 4 digits on a second one below :)
These windows are not just fenced but also built with concrete bricks:
If we add more nature to the above image from a more distant shot it makes it a bit less sad:
I like the old stone wall that surrounds the complex:
An interesting detail is this pair of pieces of iron used to strengthen the wall, of course with obvious signs of rust after all those years (more than 100 for sure):
Done with the junk? Not yet. As the wall allows me later I can see much more:
Those piles of what seems to be kitchen sinks is a hands down laughable WTF.
The next image is not decadence free but much more attractive than the previous pair:
Here's one even more decadence free:
The next ones are definitely not though:
Those naked fig trees behind the stone wall cannot hide all this mess behind them:
After all this ugliness it was time to offer my stomach and eyes a bit of beauty: