Today's post starts in a small village somewhere in Northern Italy. Everything we were knowing about this place was that this used to be an elementary school for children of the surrounding villages. Through an open cellar door we were venturing to the upper floors of this place. Even though we didn't know what was awaiting us upstairs.
In a lot of the rooms we were finding real relics from the past. It nearly seems like time is standing still. Several living quarters suggest that the teachers of this school didn't only give lessons but also lodged here. And what we're used to from Italian places by now: There are Christian symbols all over the place. As it turned out this used to be a religious school back then and all the students were taught by priests.
And suddenly we were discovering the highlight of this abandoned school: A fully furnished classroom that seems to have been completely untouched for decades. This is like a journey back in time. Everywhere on the walls there are old maps of Italy and Europe. Apparently, pupils had their geography lessons here.
In the urbex community this place is known as Globe School. You can probably guess why. If you like this place so far: Good. But it gets even better! Look up and you can see this huge ceiling fresco which shows the crown of a tree among other things. "Wow", was our first thought. "This room looks just perfect!" But maybe a bit too perfect. Since all the other classrooms aren't as tidy as this one, or even completely empty, we guess that this room was arranged like that. Some other urbex photographers were probably collecting different objects from the other rooms of this school, in order to stage a small class.
By the way: Behind the last row is a picture on the wall that shows a saint called Leonardo Murialdo. He was a Roman Catholic priest back in the 19th century. After he was canonized by the pope, the man founded a religious order. Till today this community is organizing social and charitable work. Among others the order was building and running this school.
Even after a long research on site and later at home on the internet, this site remains a mystery to us. We couldn't find any further information about the Globe School. It's not clear when, and why in the first place, this educational establishment was abandoned. Our guess is that the school basically wasn't needed anymore. Much bigger and modern facilities were built nearby and children changed schools. And this one right here was simply forgotten...
Unfortunately, there wasn't much more to see inside Globe School, so we ended our exploration early. If you want to see the whole place make sure to watch our documentary on YouTube:
Kabbalah is an undramatic tradition that requires great patience and stability. One of the reasons for this tempo is that everyone has to mature his potential gradually and thoroughly at his natural pace. In this way his life's work unfolds at the right moment in his own and the cosmos's time. Z.B.S. Halevi -- Kabbalah
I took a view on your other photos and must say it is a masterpiece. It is the whole art, your photos can tell so many stories and create a lot of new. Art inspires me so much, I realized firstly after I have read the book, you can be aware by reading Into the wild essay examples, so maybe you will be interested and would like to read it too. You can find it on the https://studydriver.com/into-the-wild/ project, I always use it with this point)) And your photos made me plan my trip to the school, and it is amazing!
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The Globe school is such a nice find with the bedroom, maps and fresco's , But, if everyone didnt watch your video they missed out. The College is magnificent. Amazing Work as always! Love what you guys get into.
A place of Mystery is Always worth a curiosity trip!
moma mia this school look awsome i would love to go see it. My history teacher would also go cray on this place that looks like it's been made during the renaissance italienne (idk if it spells the same in english as it speels in french) And it's nice that no one touched the place
Posted by MysteriousExpedition This is like finding a lost city! There's a strangely delightful Indiana Jones vibe in this! Every frame you took here is a masterpiece!
you are totaly right definitively looking like the gail in the 3rd one
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