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San-Zhi – The Pod Village – Taiwan

San Zhi, Taiwan is an abandoned vacation resort on the northern coast of Taiwan. It was built in the early 1980s, but construction of the futuristic resort ceased after a series of fatal accidents.
Even though it never opened as a vacation resort, San Zhi can still be toured. The strange pod-like buildings act as a tourist attraction. The colors of the pod-like buildings depend on their location. The buildings in the west are green, in the east pink, in the south blue, and in the north white
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11 May 2013 10:27:00
A work by Chinese artist ROBBBB is seen on a wall in the ruins of a building in Beijing September 27, 2015. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)

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05 Aug 2015 13:21:00
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22 Aug 2016 12:18:00
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