Exploring a 14th Century Abandoned Mansion - Filled with Vintage Belongings
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In this episode we're exploring an abandoned Italian mansion that dates back to the 14th century. During its final years of occupancy, it was being lived in by an artist and his family.
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6:14 that's not a bread cutter, it's for charcuterie / cold cuts! You put the entire ham or salame in there, and you choose how thick of a slice you want. It's super common in Italian homes.
Also my gran had that same white stove hahaha. Old people used to refer to all fridges as "Frigidaire" because it's the first model that arrived in Italy in large scale
Here in Quebec Canada we also call refrigerators "un Frigidaire"!
@@CrazyCrethon it's been lost here, by the time my parents grew up they were only saying it when mocking older people. That's how I learned about it!
I recognized its use immediately too. Deli departments at grocery stores have giant versions.
@@petrovadrian Electrolux ?
@@suzyrottencrotch5132 Currently, but prior to that, it was actually owned by General Motors. In fact, Frigidaire used to make the AC system used in all GM/Chevy/Buick cars.
As an Italian, it's incredible how much of the furniture and many appliances look just like what my grandparents used to have in their home. The contrast between what we perceive as kinda normal, and what Americans see as ANCTIENT is always interesting 😁
"In America, 100 years is old, in Europe, 100 miles is far away" XD
@@McBanditHope hahaha 100%!!
T H I S... 12:04 is why i say DONT leave valuable stuff to just get trashed under failing & falling ceilings & roofs.
WHO HERE AGREES 👍
@@McBanditHope 100 miles is pretty darn close in the US. As far as what's considered old here; We don't have a continual history thousands of years old.
@@joeyjennings9548 That's complicated. My family has real estate all over the country, and it's been in limbo since the patriarchs of the family have died. Legally we can't take anything, and it's just sitting there.
It’s houses like these that really make you wonder what happened to everyone who lived in it. All of those memories, family items, just left to rot. It looks like everyone just up and left. So sad to see such a beautiful house ruined by time.
Same
Ya
Those photos in the box are rather sad. Someone’s memories just abandoned and deteriorating.
@Fenyk The artist and family probably
@Fenyk Gets to show that none of that matters in the end.
It is sad, or it’s special, memories last forever. Photos can keep them alive. They were remembered by over 144,000 people at the time I am writing this.
Imagine living in a place that grand. Those carved doorways with the eagles and those faded murals...it's bittersweet to see something so beautiful going to decay. I liked that you guys made friends with an inchworm.
Me too. :) she probably hadn’t seen anyone in a long time! :)
Totally agree, it makes me sad to see this place go to ruin.
Lol!
I wish these homes were saved and restored. I know it would cost a lot, but it could generate money as apartments or hotel or bed and breakfast! If I had money, I would totally invest in something like that!
@@daniellethomas3745 Yes. I could picture elegant apartments being made out of buildings like that. Better to repurpose these beautiful old buildings than to let them rot away. 😔
First video that actually made me cry. Pretty obvious a old lady lived all alone there, and one day she died. (The forgotten denture, the dresses, the way the kitchen was and the family pictures all over the place it's a dead giveaway) Also she was very catholic, seen the Ecce Homo, Pope Jhon Paul II and Pope Paul VI pictures. Can almost feel like she was waiting for her family to return one day, to live like when that place was on its prime. When she died, all her memories of those before her were forgotten too. May she rest in peace.
She totally was like my granny, tbh. Visit your family, folks. Dont say ¨one day i will¨: Just do it.
I'm moving from Texas to Wisconsin come January, and I'm absolutely stopping in OK along the way to see My Dad's mother. It's been....gah idk how long honestly.... too long.
@@corycollier Good luck with your grandma. Hope everything goes well.
*in a building that was built several hundred years before indoor plumbing*
Michael: this room looks like it wasnt originally supposed to be a bathroom
The romans had indoor central heating ... and sort of plumbing...
@@cheapasstech did they have private bathrooms? I know bath houses were a thing but not sure on "the throne" lol
They definitely had rooms you were able to take a shit in. Really you can shit in any room
@@rustyshackleford6018 🤣
So sad to see this place surviving all those centuries, only to be abandoned to the elements. I bet it was grand in its day.
demoed by now
For some reason, this house has the same energy as a faithful dog still waiting for its master that's never going to come back.
And now I'm sentimental over a random house 😥
wow not me quietly weeping over this house
hachiko
The piano part made me tear up a bit, cuz who knows how long it's been since that beautiful instrument has been played
அம் உண்மை நண்பா...
@@ramkumareye999 I don't even care what that says, it just looks so nice.
@@punchline43 🙏🏾 வாழ்க வளமுடன் 🙏🏾 ♥️ நண்பா..
When Michael was trying out the keys, i was hoping he would find some sound, as an x piano player, last time when i was16, many years ago, the sound was beautiful, with just those 4 keys.
I was waiting for some huge wall to open up into a mysterious place -- if he hit the right key combination.
Best one yet. Some gorgeous stills, like the kitchen at 7:22, the window, bust ornament, and ornate molding at 10:24 with the bells coming in! Intoxicatingly beautiful. The living room set up at 10:47, the light pouring in the big door at 11:47, the old piano sounds, the verge of utility, the edge of beauty's fading sharpness. This was a really great production! Some indelible imagery but I am going to watch this episode repeatedly. Work of art.
Mentalillness
They truly see the beauty in these places. The caterpillar 🐛 at the end....
i could never be an urban explorer because i have a fear of bugs, a hatred of dust, and sticky fingers.
the last one especially being a big no no. lol. i couldn't trust myself to not "rescue" some forgotten items. so i live vicariously through you guys
Yea that's why there backpacks are always filled, it's not all water and film
I’d want to "rescue" the occasional small item, too! I have an intolerance to bugs indoors. Dust is not a great friend to me either.
Somebody’s life story just sitting in there, forgotten forever.
It will happen to the majority of us.
"is it a fucking bigass spider?"
"uhh...no."
*looks over shoulder, sees tiny caterpillar* "oh, it's a friend"
Watching The Proper People climb 20 stories of unrailed stairs and then climb two more ladders of loose rebar to get a view of the layout, in China, but immediately nope the front door, here, because of spiders, reminds me that caution is not rational, at all.
I'm guessing they had duplicates to have left behind so many old photos. Or maybe it was written in the planner they left behind. "Remember to take the photos".
More likely is that the family that went there to clean out the house after the last person died probably only took the valuables and left everything else. Keeping old pictures of people you never even knew is not usually a high priority.
@@gregschaust4298 Which is ridiculous
12:42 to 12:46
the text in up-left
Original:
COMUNE DI PALAZZOLO
provincia di Brescia
Progetto per la costruzione di una casa
di abitazione proprietaria del sig. [Name of
the owner], sita nel mappale
N°1833/F nel comune censuario di
palazzolo s/o
N°8 tavole
SCALA 1 A 100
translation into english:
MUNICIPALITY OF PALAZZOLO
province of Brescia
Project for the construction of a house
owned by mr. [Name of the owner], located
in the map N°1833/F in the municipality
of Palazzolo s/o
N°8 tables
SCALE 1 TO 100
It's like they just got up and left one day. Would be nice to know a little bit more about the home and it's history.......
"Its a well with a wheel on it".
Dare I say, a wheel-well.
Thank you, ill be here all night.
But where is Wilhelm?
Thank you for being respectful, unlike a lot of other people who wouldn't have been
They don’t piss on the floor or steal stuff on camera.
@@suzyrottencrotch5132 okay? I meant that people are loud and rude, and generally disrespectful toward the building and it's history.
I believe strongly in energies and spiritual presences, and it's extremely disrespectful in my opinion to go through an old building and treat it as if they own the place and don't have to be respectful just because it's old and abandoned
“Take nothing but photos, leave nothing but footprints”
@@decaydence and try out every piano you see
You had some really nice ‘still life’ shots. The kitchen, the ‘living room (w/ statue) and the shot out of the window, including the window! Places like this amaze me and makes me want to learn much more about the house in its prime, the people who lived there, why the up and left. (The train set was pretty cool, too! Thanks!!
Did you guys ever think you'd be traveling the world exploring abandoned buildings? Incredible spot. Not a lick of graffiti. This one is up there with the nuke plant and the church.
The graphics for Resident Evil 9 looks so real...
Umbrella's still here......
@@SullenViper coincidence?
I dont think so....
Yo
This isn't for resident evil
@@rawdawgg_ He was making a joke
The transition from the piano room with the piano track was pure magic guys! Incredible work as always.
"oh, it's a friend! look at him go :)"
love you guys
The "Haunted Mansion Music" at the piano in the bedroom was somehow heart breaking. Suddenly the loss of the family, the history and the building really sunk in. The piece of music was perfect, even if tragic.
This how a Skyrim town looks before you complete the quests and become Jarl.
அம் உண்மை நண்பா.....
I am sworn to carry your burdens...
Man it's always strange seeing you here! 🖤
@@ForgottenWondersUrbex நன்றி 🙏 ♥️ நண்பா
It looks like life pre Chocolate Rain
fr tho much love, happy seein ya still out and about on youtube
Love when you explore with BTW! And enjoyed that you made friends with another caterpillar. Another amazing video :)
ஆமாக்கா சூப்பரா சொன்னிங்க....
Never have seen a white inchworm before, they’re always green here in the states - at least the states I’ve seen them. Neat!
It'd be awesome if you would do more of these old houses, whether it be abroad or in the States. Even though I'd like to see more of the old houses, it's sad to see what was once a beautiful building in such crumbling decay. Even sadder that some personal possessions are still there, like family photographs.
Well since it’s illegal
@@suzyrottencrotch5132 Didn't say it hade to be illegal. Although that is one thing I don't like about urban explorers.
@@suzyrottencrotch5132 You would of not seen this place if they didn't record this, it could collapse tomorrow and no one would have wondered and seen the faces on the walls of the past still there...it's modern day archeology. This soon will be bulldozed to nothing and history is lost.
They don't enter to destroy but to chronicle in video this stuff for the future young ones !
This entire video is so amazing at so many levels. Just the idea the place is still standing. All the hand sewn beams. All the raw timbers. All the artifacts still inside. Just as amazing is the idea of no or very little has been vandalized. This alone speaks volumes of the people that live in the area. Outstanding Show Guys!
The fact that that piano is even slightly in tune on 3/4 keys is mind boggling
back then brand names prioritize quality and longevity of the material than name, design and fame....
those days of " it might cost a shite ton of money. but hey, you only need to tune it every few decade for a cheap price and have it as a family heirloom"
now it's just " piano doesn't sound right? well sorry for that. just have it fixed for the price of almost buying a brand new. oh yeah the lifespan on this sucker is about half of yours before needing new parts"
@@TheRealKatsunov piano tuning might be tedious but it's still amazing that even some of the integrity of the wires themselves held up for years and years
History is amazing. Music is amazing.
Best wishes to anyone reading this
@@TheRealKatsunov kinda random but I've got a baby square piano from 1886 that hasn't been tuned since at least the 80s and most keys still work
@@TerrenceCallahan yes very amazing that metal lasted a few decades. Can’t believe it
@@suzyrottencrotch5132 the mechanisms that held them in place haven't given very much with constant tension for years even though they're definitely slowly corroding. So yeah, kinda cool
Also, ever played a rusted stringed instrument? Rarely ever close to in tune.
The old furniture, house plans, But most of all the OLD family portraits are amazing. How could they be left behind.??
The short-ceilinged rooms upstairs were probably meant for servants.
I had that exact same refrigerator in my apartment in college. It worked perfectly
An Italian villa dating back to the 14th century would most definitely be the victim of a good number of earthquakes over the centuries. I’m surprised it wasn’t in even worse shape when you explored it.
It reminds me of what the palaces on the Palatine Hill in Rome must have looked like in the 600's, more than a century after the fall of Rome. The falling roofs and plaster, a former elegance now falling into ruin. Once a home of the rich, now a ghostly abandoned vestage.
All throughout the roman empire! Bathe in England went untouched for hundreds of years due to local superstition.....would be incredible to see.
Una bella casa! Thank you for sharing. This is such a beautiful building. It is sad to see it deteriorate. I am Italian with most of my family in northern Italy. I am surprised to see this decay. Likely there was the last family member living there, then after they died, there was nobody left in the family left to pass it down to, and then became abandoned. Usually these buildings are well preserved, to preserve the historic architecture and design. By the way in the kitchen, that looked like a meat slicer. You always do such great filming, music and editing. Thank you again for sharing.
it scares me how little people enjoy our history. The places we started.
The back keys are Ebony a black colored wood and the white keys are ivory laminate mainly from elephant tusks! Today both ebony and ivory are illegal in most countries in the world to be imported and used in the manufacturing of piano keys and they are made from plastic now!
I learnt on an ivory keyed piano, what a feeling, but would much rather seen it on an animal.
The cutter in the kitchen was a meat slicer i still use mine but mine is chrome from the 1960's
Bread was an odd choice to mention…
@@gemmasalmon9667 what?
@@suzyrottencrotch5132 they thought it was a bread slicer…? My natural assumption wouldn’t have gone there looking at the shape of it.
@@gemmasalmon9667 mustard should come in slices
@@gemmasalmon9667 Meat slicers (particularly of that variety) are extremely rare in America. Between the 1950s and the 1980s, bread slicers were very common in American kitchens. That's why their first assumption was that it was some sort of bread slicer.
That central room with the pyramidal ceiling was fascinating. Also the only room that had complex decorations. You don't usually see that, even in old world buildings. I think it was a music room in the middle ages. That might explain the shape of the ceiling. The reason the rooms were so high is because in the old days, people would hang huge pictures on their walls.
Very strange architecture on the outside as well. Small dingy windows without any thought or alignment, as if it was designed by a novice architect. This building was old even in the OLD world. It is probably one of the most ancient buildings our guys have visited yet.
Great find!
the mansion being untouch with personal belonging left behind makes me think that the artist had no family or his family forgotten about him
@Fenyk you added some sitcom opening narrator energy 😂
So sad to see these once beautiful buildings decay like this.
மிகவும் உண்மை....
I get the feeling that somebody fell in the well once, and the wheel was added to prevent it from happening again. Water wells are usually only covered after someone has to fish a swollen corpse out of it
same why weird warnings exists because someone did a stupid and HR had to put it up
probably so the last residents kids wouldn't fall in...
that's actually what they used to pull the rope and bucket back up with when the support broke. quick fix I seen people do it out in the country
Did you pet the kitty at the end there? ;)
I loved this one, it's so nice when there isn't much vandalism, mostly nature taking over. I bet this building is gone now or will soon be.
I love it when CZcams notifies me of a new video from The Proper People.
Same here! Although I recognise this particular house very well. I think they've already done a video of it earlier
The age of that place and the earthquakes Italy has probably account for the cracks and the collapse that buried the studio - that would be my guess. Beautiful old building though. I wonder how they ever heated something like that. I imagine the tall ceiling were helpful in the summer heat. Good find, good vid.
I’ve been watching you guys for awhile now and all I can say, is each video is top tier amazing.
Racoonboi - yup me too, i got up from my first "after work" rum and cola (without the cola) to get my second, and sat back down to this, but i gotta walk the dog, can you ask them to wait till i get back,?
That tile pattern on the floor is an example of a Tessellation - it is designed to look 2 or 3 dimensional.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessellation
Thanks for the link.
Can't help to feel a little sad when seeing those old pictures. Maybe it's just me getting old.
My wife and I love that y'all called the inchworm a 'friend', so wholesome. Name ideas - Sebastian? Vanessa?
What're the odds i get off work, and open youtube to see a BRAND NEW post. I love this so much.
same here lol good way to end the day
Through the bamboo tree entrance The Proper People accidentally find Narnia
இல்லைனா மட்டும் அவன் இவன் கிழிச்சுருவாங்க....
Just love when you guys get up close. The detail you can see in the grain of the wood of the piano, details in the train set etc.
How are these places abandoned, would be a pleasure to rebuild this. Fantastic history.
As a lover of old houses and antiquities, this has to be my ALL time favorite exploration ! You did one similar a few years in France but I love this one best!
The light from the windows is so beautiful.
The wheel over the well was common to protect kids from accidents. Seen that many times.
13:55 "what kind of music can you make with 4 keys, Michael?"
... Music proceeds to play featuring mainly 4 keys on a piano :D. that's just good content, man.
Imagine trying to renovate/repair that place. It would probably cost a small fortune.
I say it's sadly beyond saving at this point
@@Revkor eh i dont think its beyond saving. they would have to gut it out fully and stabilize the brick work and replace support beams. most of that looks like plaster falling off or filler not support things falling or going bad. it would def take a lot of time and money. they would have to also rebuild a few things. ive seen way worse get fixed up.
A quaint mansion in the countryside, perfect place for anyone looking for peace and solitude. Open-concept floor plan, lots of natural light and cooling breezes, high ceilings that invite the outside in. Too much to mention!
- beautiful architecture with wonderful works of art., I wish we still had things like this.
Wow, guys - this was easily one of my favourite videos ever. Something about the vibes were just so peaceful and serene. Absolutely loved it.
If "Josh" was exploring this place he would have "found a body inside" (aka a water stain on the floor) near "big poles" (aka Greek Columns), and an unopened treasure chest (aka a dresser with an open lock) and all while using the English language like nails on a chalkboard.
It's amazing how much stuff there still is, and all intact. No wandalism. Cultural differences are huge. In Finland wandals destroy everything even, brake in to abandoned houses and other places.
Model train set is amazing. Someone handcrafted those houses one by one.
Just be careful not to blink lads or the creepy statue will come closer and closer to you until you vanish into the past!
shhhh you might scare the little boys away. hahaha
*[SCP has entered the Chat]*
You don't vanish, you end up as a photo on the wall
Not an episode of Doctor Who
13:47 The old out of tune piano reminds me of the night in the woods soundtrack. How there was an emphasis on out of tune instruments because of how old the town and items were, like the main character's bass because it hadn't been touched in a year. Especially when that one piano song plays while we get a glimpse of the old town, disappearing from reality and memory as the once prosperous mining town of Possum Springs was barely a speck in the grand scheme of life. And how sad it is for the main character to see and know that the town she grew up in will be gone with time, but understanding it's just a part of life and is willing to grieve but move on.
You need therapy
He he. Typical bass player: touched once only to lean against the wall for the rest of eternity.
That place must have cost a fortune to heat with all those tall ceilings.
Heat?
I think in the winter those big rooms....and the people....simply were cold.
Joshua Burgess, this house is in Italy, the tall ceiling is to keep them cooler at floor level. Heating is in the kitchen, and maybe in the cellar. Wood or coal fired in ovens to make food, or warm water to do the laundery, and wash the people.
Hearing that piano makes me sad. When I was growing up, we had a vacant apartment in our family’s building that was used for everyone’s storage. There was a 1919 piano wedged in there between towers of boxes. It hadn’t been tuned since the 30’s and it sounded pretty much the same as the one in this video. In 7th and 8th grade, I played that thing for like 3 hours a day and loved every minute of it. I miss it.
Beautiful architecture, it's made even more beautiful by nature reclaiming the area ❤
15:40 the reason I enjoy and respect this channel, is right here it would be so easy to go off on a "haunted" BS spin for clickbate but they just casually brush it off and keep exploring
Well the PP tried that in the past even had (have?) a seperate channel for that. I always thought they did not need that kind of BS as it does damage to their main content.
What if when you guys walked into the room with the train set, it was like the movie "The Others" and the little boy who's room you're in was seeing figures with lights moving about in the room. What a chilling feeling.
Using SUVAT equations, I calculated that its a little over a 4.5 meter drop to the in the well.
Seeing places like this make me so sad yet so intrigued. I wish I knew the past of the house, the last family that lived there (yes I know he was an artist, but more than that). Was all of this left intentionally? The history behind its early years. All those memories just waiting to be brought back to a family. I would do anything to visit something this beautiful (but definitely NOT try and go in the attic lmfao)
Your best - video - ever. You guys are really at the top of your game. I loved the piano music transition at 14:12. The way you hold your shot, or show stills, or have long slider shots, are what make your videos so good. As a viewer, I want to check out all the details, and you let that happen. Thank you for doing these.
The tile, I saw the 3D cube first. Omg. That’s so beautiful. I need that kind of tile in my house.
Did you research who originally built this mansion? Must have been someone with some money and influence.
Now this is one that I would love to have more background to! Why was it abandoned so quickly? What happend to make the family leave so many things?
Here me out: bring disposable cameras
I’ve gone to places like this, and the older looking photos that aren’t perfect like on disposables are always absolutely gorgeous and one of a kind.
Don’t get me wrong, your cinematic shots are amazing, but I think bringing a disposable will add an eerie and older vibe to all the places you go(plus a scrapbook/photo album of all those pictures would be really cool!”
BTW is my other favorite urbex group next to you guys! So awesome seeing you guys explore together... And super stoked you guys uploaded today cuz it's been a hell of a day! That well was awesome, the whole place as always, was fantastic! Love the ancient mysterious feel it had!
The ground in many parts of Italy is like it is in the piedmont regions of the American South, which is red clay. It's prone to settling, which might be why the villa is breaking up and cracking throughout.
Are you shitting me! What a beautiful find!
That carriage you found in the undercroft was absolutely beautiful. And in quite good condition compared to the rest of the house. Such a shame this house in being left to crumble, I could just imagine a tiny old Nonna bustling into that kitchen, waving her spoon and insisting you stay for a risotto.
The large great room with the tall ceiling is where the family would greet guests and host events
Absolutely loved this. One wonders why it was abandoned.
I wish I could buy it and restore everything in it. I would keep as much the painting, dishes. And furniture as I could. Just to restore it. Fix everything and replicate everything as it used to be before. Its so beautiful and I hate modern homes. The statues are so beautiful the whole things just makes me so happy.
Awesome to watch the top American Urbexers collab with the top European Urbexers! I Thankyou & Cheers!
6:22 that's a meat slicer for making thin sliced meat .
Pianos never stop to amaze me as they got so popular that companies sprung up everywhere making them. I own a piano that was made in a small town near here.
Absolutely beautiful. For being 700+ years old, it's in amazing condition. I imagine the portraits around the home were past tenants who lived there or were related to the owners. What stories they could tell, what things they experienced all those centuries ago... Lost to time.... Surviving now as a shadow of it's former glory, a glimpse into the past present for ones to explore and document and wonder what was.
I love that feeling, the wondering who lived here and what they did, how they lived. It's a weird feeling thats not easy to explain.
Europe is a treasure trove of properties abandoned and locked in time. Drive through any small ancient village in France and a large majority of the homes (especially the ones crumbling between their neighbors) were locked up a long time ago. Some empty, others untouched by time.
How many memories and years of history just waiting to be discovered!
Absolutely stunning, this is by far my favorite video! This place just hits different. The photos, the rooms like they just left for the market and never returned. Such stunning architecture. That piano made my Jae drop! Home run guys! What a find!! Bravo 👏
Wow. Love this place. How grand it must have been at one time. Thanks for the video. Stay safe in your travels.
This was very cool... it is such a shame that those old family photos will be lost forever. It would be nice.to find out who owns the property, who's family and let them know about the photos. I'd volunteer to go retrieve some ofnthe stuff to bring back to the family
I think it's funny to get notifications of 3 abandoned channels minutes from each other 🤔
For me it is Proper People and Dark Exploration Films.
@@bobbbobb4663 Proper People, Bright Sun Films, Uncharted Travels
no way, i’m so excited :) thank u the proper people and keep it up!
What a strange and beautiful place. I wonder what it looked like when the last owners lived there, and why they left so much behind.
Exactly like I want to know what happened and who they were
High ceilings make the summer heat bearable. Old Australian homes have 3.2 to 3.5 meter ceilings. No a/c back then...
...this place is perfect for reviving "The Munsters" show, I can see Herman crashing through 3 floors before he comes to a stop.
@20:00 ......Edward Scissorhands Bedroom!😂😂😂🤜🤛👍
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it's so sad the art studio was collapsed that would've been one of the coolest rooms by far
Awesome to see all you guys together again exploring !!!!!!
Love the railroad set...