Abandoned Palaces

Michael Kerrigan was educated at St. Edward’s College and University College, Oxford, England. He is the author of History of the World, Abandoned Places of World War II, The Cold War and Amazing Churches of the World. He is a columnist, book reviewer, and feature writer for publications including the Scotsman and the Times Literary Supplement. Michael Kerrigan lives with his family in Edinburgh.

• IntroductionTHE AMERICAS AND THE CARIBBEAN Sosneado Hot Springs Hotel, Mendoza, Argentina Hotel del Salto, Santandercito, Colombia Halcyon Hall, Bennett College, New York, USA Igloo City, Alaska, USA Bannerman Castle, New York State, USA Boldt Castle, Heart Island, Alexandria Bay, New York, United States Hotel del Salto, San Antonio del Tequendama, Colombia Sans-Souci Palace, HaitiWESTERN EUROPE Ebenfurth Castle, Wiener-Neustadt-Land, Austria Chapel, Ladendorf Castle, Mistelbach, Austria Château Miranda, Celles, Namur, Belgium Château Lumière, Sainte-Croixeau-Mines, Haut-Rhin, France Prora, Rügen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany Sammezzano Castle, Leccio, Tuscany, Italy Dona Chica’s Castle, Palmeira, Braga, Portugal Castle Saunderson, Belturbet, Cavan, Ireland Seacliff House, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland The Bishops Avenue, Hampstead, LondonEASTERN EUROPE Ruzhany Palace, Pruzhany District, Belarus Memorial House of the Bulgarian Communist Party, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria Prince Smetsky’s Palace, Gulripshi, Abkhazia Sumskas Manor, Sumskas, Vilnius, Lithuania Bozkow Palace, Klodzko County, Lower Silesia, Poland Sobanski Palace, Guzów, Mazovia, Poland Fabergé Farmstead, Levashovo, St Petersburg, Russia Vlakjkovac Castle, Vrsac, Vojvodina, Serbia Pidhirtsi Palace, Pidhirtsi, Lviv, UkraineAFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST Berengo Palace, Bobangui, Central African Republic Presidential Palace, Gbadolite, Democratic Republic of the Congo Baron Empain’s Palace, Cairo, Egypt Saddam Hussein’s Palace, Hilla, Babil Governorate, Iraq Bechara el-Khoury Palace, Zuqaq al-blat, Beirut, Lebanon Ducor Hotel, Monrovia, Liberia Grande Hotel Beira, Beira, Sofala, MozambiqueASIA AND THE PACIFIC Darul Aman Palace, Kabul, Afghanistan Bokor Palace Hotel, Bokor, Kampot, Cambodia Baz Bahadur’s Palace, Mandav, Mandhya Pradesh, India Bundi Palace, Hadoti, Rajasthan, India Jahangir Mahal, Orchha, Tikamgarh, Madhya Pradesh, India Ranighat Palace, Palpa, Province No. 5, Nepal Tamluk Rajbari, Tamluk, Purba, Medinipur, West Bengal, India Derelict Hotel, Hachijojima, Izu Islands, Japan Kellie’s Castle, Batu Gajah, Kinta, Perak, Malaysia King Narai’s Palace, Lopburi, Thailand

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