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Haunting images show abandoned grand palaces and mansions From imperial residences and aristocratic estates to hotels and urban mansions, these remarkable pictures show once great buildings now abandoned and suspended in time. All appear in the book Abandoned Palaces by Michael Kerrigan. The tome also explains the fascinating reasons for their demise, which include politics, bankruptcy, personal tragedies, natural and man-made disasters. Click through to see the most haunting images that appear in the book, with captions courtesy of the author... © Provided by Daily Mail

The once grand buildings that have been abandoned and fallen into ruin From imperial residences and aristocratic estates to hotels and urban mansions, these remarkable pictures show once great buildings now abandoned and suspended in time. All appear in the book Abandoned Palaces by Michael Kerrigan. The tome also explains the fascinating reasons for their demise, which include politics, bankruptcy, personal tragedies, natural and man-made disasters. Click through to see the most haunting images that appear in the book... © Provided by Daily Mail