Urbex: Burned Chateau & Theatre
Urbex photographers documented a burned French chateau and a 1920s Portuguese theatre whose roof has been collapsed since the 1980s — plus a well‑preserved 1980s UK prison, underscoring the fragile state of abandoned heritage across Europe Obsidian Urbex burned chateau Obsidian Urbex Portuguese theatre Urbandoned UK prison.
One documented case, Château de Le Quesnel, was abandoned in 2010 and later burned in 2017, leaving only shell fragments and scorched interiors recorded by urbex catalogues urbex.nl. The Obsidian Urbex project is run by photographer Janine Pendleton, who publishes multi‑image reports and site histories such as a detailed gallery for "Château Secret" on her website obsidianurbexphotography.com. Obsidian’s Portuguese theatre report names the site Cine Teatro Blue, notes it was built in the 1920s with a movable seating bank for roughly 130 patrons, and records that the roof gave way within the last decade while some online sources place its disuse back to the 1980s; the page also records a town‑council acquisition attempt about 15 years ago that stalled obsidianurbexphotography.com. Another French example catalogued by urbex writers, "Château Bambi," has been left to decay for roughly 35 years after a fire gutted part of the house, illustrating recurring post‑fire abandonment patterns in rural estates bcd-urbex.com. Urbandoned is a three‑person UK documentary team (Alistair, Alex and Theo) that has released multiple prison walkthroughs and long‑form videos documenting intact cells, working power in parts of sites, and closures; the team outlines its mission and membership on its about page urbandonedteam.com. Their recent videos include a feature on Reading’s city‑centre prison, defunct since 2013, and a separate exploration of a large military prison that remained shuttered after 2015—both films show interiors still containing fixtures and paperwork that highlight how quickly heritage can be left vulnerable once operations cease youtube.com.
