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A little tuckpointing and a coat of paint would care of the outside .....

Love the Arced windows.

Even the faded facades of these buildings are in better shape than some of our US hospitals!!

Arcade? There are video games in here?? HAHAHAHHA! :D

it looks like a small aqueduct, (and if they have dirk the daring I call 1st dibs)

HAHAH...I am good at Nintendo Wii games...

I love the greenery. It adds to the beauty.

is there a smell emanating from the abandoned builldings ?

The buildings look gorgeous restored, but these buildings with the faded patches are still beautiful. What did it look like in the arcade? Could you get in?

beautiful yet creepy

Ah gotta love that smell of abandonment early in the morning, eh Motts?


What exactly IS an arcade? The only thing I can think of is the one that has video games in it lol.

Hi Mama, great question I'll try to answer. Arcades were built to keep the monks/nuns out of the rain and snow on their way to the chapel for prayers. Matines (mah-teens) were at midnight and vespers at 4AM or near to dawn. We who visit here all love architecture! I highly reccommend "The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follet. A wonderful epic novel on 10th and 11th century cathedral building in England. The research is impeccable, the detail is rich and I learned so much. I've read it a dozen times and still it's my favorite book of all time. Starz made it into a miniseries and did do a great job, but you can't beat the book for detail and information. Hope this helps.