#1 Mayfield House in Ireland’s County Waterford
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Mayfield House was reduced to a dilapidated, roofless shell at the turn of the millennium. For architectural salvage, many of its original characteristics were cruelly removed. The majestic mansion’s walls are now all that remain of it.
#2 Mayfield House in Ireland’s County Waterford
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The estate was previously up for conservation proposals from The National Trust for Ireland, but it now seems the run-down building and grounds are for sale for a reasonable $910,000 (£676k). Could you bring back the splendor of this once-grand country estate?
#3 Afghan capital Kabul’s Darul Aman Palace
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The largest abandoned structure in Afghanistan is about 10 miles from Kabul, the capital. The enormous palace was created in the 1920s as part of an effort to modernize the nation for King Amanullah Khan.
#4 Afghan capital Kabul’s Darul Aman Palace
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The neoclassical palace would serve as the center of a new capital city that King Amanullah envisioned, and he also intended to build a narrow-gauge railway to link the structure to the previous capital.
#5 Afghan capital Kabul’s Darul Aman Palace
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The palace, created by French and German architects, was intended to house Afghanistan’s future parliament. However, it was not meant to be. Amanullah Khan was forced into exile in 1929 by religious conservatives, who also abandoned the monarch’s modernization plan.
