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Stunning Staircases Found in Abandoned Mansions by Christian Richter

 

Photographer Christian Richter was raised in the former East Germany. After the two sides of Germany reunited in 1990, many factories, public institutions, and residential buildings on the less prosperous eastern side were abandoned and left to decay.

“I visited a lot—and i mean a lot—of buildings to find one good staircase,” he says. “It’s a lot of detective work.”

abandoned decay event hall

decay room in castle

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abandoned room

abandoned wooden entry hall with staircase

piano

decay room in castle

old chair standing on attic

abandoned baroque staircase

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old staircase

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old decay bathhouse

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abandoned entry hall

abandoned decay bedroom in a hotel

forgotten decay cinema

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old forgotten piano room

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abandoned corridor with door

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Via curbed.com