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Me.

(35,454 posts)
Thu Jan 17, 2019, 12:17 PM Jan 2019

Someone Built A $200 Million Village Of Disney-Like Castles

Someone Built A $200 Million Village Of Disney-Like Castles, Realizes His Mistake When It’s Too Late

It’s horrifying really, row after row of these castles on tiny lots, no trees, greenery just the little freakish houses.

“Hundreds of faux chateaux being built for wealthy Gulf investors have just got their new residents. Ghosts. The Burj Al Babas project in Turkey’s northern Bolu province began in 2014, but its developer, the Sarot Group, has failed to come up with the required amount of money for finishing it.

The Sarot Group was recently slapped with a court-ordered bankruptcy ruling over the Burj Al Babas’ $27 million debt. The project was designed to include 732 chateau-style villas, swimming pools, Turkish baths, health and beauty centers, a shopping center and a mosque, according to its website. And even though customers from Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia have bought around 350 of the 587 villas built, it’s not enough.”

https://www.boredpanda.com/turkey-abandoned-villas-disney-castles/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic

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Someone Built A $200 Million Village Of Disney-Like Castles (Original Post) Me. Jan 2019 OP
It is a unique place dalton99a Jan 2019 #1
That could be a kickass movie setting... Blue_Tires Jan 2019 #4
...for something like "Edward Scizzorhands II" or some other thing... JHB Jan 2019 #13
Thanks For The Pic Me. Jan 2019 #6
This may be the weirdest picture I have ever seen Tom Rinaldo Jan 2019 #12
It's legit: dalton99a Jan 2019 #14
It looks like a fairy tale prison. Vinca Jan 2019 #16
That is seriously Bettie Jan 2019 #2
Like Stepford Castles Me. Jan 2019 #5
It Really Is Me. Jan 2019 #7
They were working on cloning 732 identical looking wives that would come with each home. Beakybird Jan 2019 #3
Little castles on a hillside... ProudLib72 Jan 2019 #8
+ Me. Jan 2019 #9
Umm.. Wow. Well, it certainly puts an interesting slant... WePurrsevere Jan 2019 #10
Well . . . peggysue2 Jan 2019 #11
Looks Like His More Is Better Style Doesn't It? Me. Jan 2019 #18
My god that place is creepy. Skinner Jan 2019 #15
... Me. Jan 2019 #17

JHB

(37,161 posts)
13. ...for something like "Edward Scizzorhands II" or some other thing...
Thu Jan 17, 2019, 01:27 PM
Jan 2019

...where the surreal sameness is supposed to weird you out.

Tom Rinaldo

(22,913 posts)
12. This may be the weirdest picture I have ever seen
Thu Jan 17, 2019, 01:25 PM
Jan 2019

And the fact that it is not photoshopped is absolutely mind boggling.

This isn't really from some Turkish version of "The Onion"?????

peggysue2

(10,832 posts)
11. Well . . .
Thu Jan 17, 2019, 12:44 PM
Jan 2019

that's certainly hideous. Exactly who would want to live there? Wonder if this group had Trumpski as a consultant?

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