My Sunday walk in the former royal estates of Tatoi greece. Photography of old abandoned buildings.

Hello Steemit and lifestyle community. Today I will share with you some photos from my Sunday walk in the former royal palaces of Tatoi in Greece. I went there for a Sunday walk, to escape a bit from the wild rhythms of the city, to breathe fresh air, to calm my soul from the huge green areas of the Tatoi estate, and to admire the old abandoned buildings that were in the area.

Arriving there, even though I went through a quarantine period, there were over five hundred cars parked on the road outside the estate. The huge area of the estate allows avoiding overcrowding and although police officers were there, they did not bother anyone. There were cyclists, runners, families with their children, and groups of young people who had come to this place for the same reason as me, to clear their minds a little of the paranoia we have been living in the last year.

During my visit to the royal palaces, I had the opportunity to admire and explore some of the abandoned buildings that stood there proudly for more than a hundred years. The old buildings have always been of great interest to me, So by observing them this day, I felt a strange sensation, and immediately I took my camera and started taking pictures of them.

The first building that was easy accessible, to get inside and explore it, is the one in the photo below. As you can see, the ground floor is made of stone and the second floor is made of bricks, a sign that it was only one floor and later it was enlarged using another material that despite the noticeable difference it really looks very beautiful.

Entering inside we clearly see the signs of obsession. The walls have frayed, the floors from the second floor have fallen, and on the ground floor the black wooden beams on the floor, testify the presence of a fire in the past

My enthusiasm for exploring and photographing this old building made me to act a little risky and I climbed this dilapidated staircase to see the second floor. As I was climbing, the stairs shook a little but I finally made it and went up to the second floor.

In the end, it was worth the risk because I captured the following photo that I really like. The broken wooden roof with the red color around, in combination with the blue doors that only the frame is left, compose a very beautiful geometric picture with very blurred color shades that indicate wear and how relentless the time is.

The next building that impressed me and I went in and photographed it, is the following. It is very large and I guess it was the first building built in Tatoi as a family holiday home of the royal family in 1874. Later the royal family settled permanently in this building until 1884 when they built a new larger palace in the area because the royal family had grown up and could no longer fit in the building below.

Due to the size of the building and the dense vegetation around it, I could not capture the whole building in a photo. But I still liked the photos have captured. I really liked the native plants that had grown on the walls of the building and the tall green trees around it.

As soon as I entered I realized how big it was. A huge corridor appeared in front of me with many rooms, most of which were bedrooms. There was also a kitchenette, a Turkish-style toilet and a room with a bathtub. Everything was messed up and abandoned but this image was fascinating me.

A turkish style toilet in a light blue frame and as background, the walls yellowed by time.

This photo with the window is one of my favourite photos that I captured that day. In my imagination the photograph signifies something blurry, something eerie

I assume a small kitchenette with tiles on the wall, what is left of course and a small sink that has strangely retained its white colour and a little shine.

an old metal bed without its mattress is surrounded by fallen rubble.
An old chest of drawers without drawers!!!

an old bathtub that has been taken over by the wear and tear of time.

another old bed again without its mattress. Beneath it there are stacked tiles and next to it there is a rusty radiator, something that surprises me as I do not think they had oil heating 100 years ago. What a strange picture !!

The building in the photos below is the new royal palace. The royal family first lived there in 1889 and used to stay there from May to October. In 1948 the royal family settled permanently in the palace of Tatoi until June 1973 when the dictator George Papadopoulos abolished the kingdom and the estate of Tatoi now passed into the ownership of the Greek state.

The palace was huge in size and I had to walk long enough to photograph it from all the optical angles. Unfortunately I could not get inside because it was guarded by private security.

A statue depicting a small child on a pony holding a knife in his right hand. The statue is placed on a marble base and although it is exposed to the weather but he time has behaved well.

A staircase full of green mold, leads to an iron fence and behind it, is a dog house. This image creates mixed feelings in me. The image of a dog or whatever it has to do with it, always makes me smile. In this particular case which the dog house is behind an iron prison I get some negative emotions

Descending from these ornate stairs at the back of the palace, there is an outside bathtub and behind it is a strange symbol in the form of a lion.

The marble face of the lion over the years from white has become golden, except for its teeth which remain all white. He may had a good dentist. :D

Opposite the bath with the lion at 50 meters there is a large swimming pool. It is full of water, mold and fales leaves.

So that was for today. Tatoi area has dozens of abandoned buildings and I am aiming to visit again to capture more photographs of abandonment.
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