With no owners and users of these eerie-looking turreted buildings, there are rows and rows of such homes and pool sides catching snow and dust.
The abandoned poolside is sitting unused and uncleaned with snow settling in and melting away with the changing seasons.
Yet another ruthless after-effect of the pandemic. Pity such a magnificent project is gone to the dogs. Seen here are snow-capped castle tops that look like a scene right out of a fairy tale. The only things that change in Burj Al Babas are the seasons. The unfinished kitchen paints a dismal picture which is a contrast to the ornate Gothic-inspired architectural details, and the magnificent natural vistas. The image reveals a half-finished dining room in a home that clearly looks abandoned by its makers. Moreover, investors and buyers pulled their money out leaving the manor-dotted valley deserted, eerie, and a neighbourhood of empty, half-finished shells. Yerdelen brothers, Turkish real estate entrepreneurs, build a sprawling village, Burj Al Babas, complete with 732 mini-castles on the Aegean coast with Gothic-style rooftop terraces overlooking the lush Turkish forests but came to a grinding stop due to a failed political coup, terrorist attacks, and, of course, the pandemic.Īfter the $200 million project went kaput, the developers were forced to declare bankruptcy. Oddly enough another fire broke out in the newly renovated castle in 1666 and left the property uninhabitable. Interestingly, not a soul inhabits these homes. The castle was abandoned for nearly 400 years until it was renovated and repaired in 1659. Will this huge development ever continue, or sit to rot?įor more on weird, beautiful, and fascinating architecture, check out the Moss and Fog page on Architecture.It sends a chill down the spine to see hundreds of nearly indistinguishable castles appear to be copied and pasted onto this Turkish hillside. In a dusting of snow, there is a bit of charm to these castles. The mini castles sit idly, unfinished inside, and identical. Surely a tragic waste of materials, manpower and money, Burj Al Babas sits as a testament to bad planning, and bad timing. With millions of dollars of debt, it’s unlikely the project will restart, and even if it did, would people want to live in this strange, eery castle-land? In proper ghost town fashion, the streets are eerily silent, the houses sit entirely empty, most of them unfinished inside. Investors pulled their money, and then in 2020, the pandemic put a permanent halt to the construction, leaving the entire project to sit, empty and abandoned. Started in 2014, this huge development was the work of the Sarot Group, an ambitious developer keen to create a destination for those wanting a mediterranean climate and a cookie-cutter castle home.Īs the development neared completion, the company responsible declared bankruptcy, due in part to numerous complaints about its business, environmental, and aesthetic practices. The twist is, this village is entirely empty. It’s set in the spa town of Mudurnu in Turkey. That’s basically what you see below, and boy, oh boy, it’s bizarre.īurj Al Babas is the name of the development, which has 587 homes, in the style of miniature castles, complete with gothic roofs and stone detailing. Imagine an entire valley filled with a ghost town Disneyland, minus the fun.
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