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KUPARI TOURIST COMPLEX
CREATED BY #62321
LOCATION: ADRIATIC COAST, NEAR DUBROVNIK, CROATIA
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KUPARI TOURIST COMPLEX IS AN ABANDONED HOTEL COMPLEX IN CROATIA, LOCATED IN THE PICTURESQUE BAY OF KUPARI. BEFORE THE YUGOSLAV CIVIL WAR, IT WAS A LUXURY RESORT FOR MILITARY AND CIVILIAN ELITES. TODAY, ABANDONED AND DILAPIDATED, IT HAS BECOME THE BACKDROP FOR MANY CULTURAL WORKS - INCLUDING THE ALL FALLS DOWN MUSIC VIDEO BY ALAN WALKER. IN WORLD OF WALKER, THIS PLACE HAS A VERY DIFFERENT MEANING - IT REPRESENTS A KEY POINT IN THE STORY OF THE FALL OF THE OLD ORDER AND THE BIRTH OF A NEW ERA.
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THE KUPARI COMPLEX WAS BUILT IN THE 1960S AS AN EXCLUSIVE VACATION SPOT FOR HIGH-RANKING YUGOSLAV ARMY OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. IT CONSISTED OF SEVERAL HOTELS - INCLUDING THE ALL-IMPORTANT GRAND HOTEL - AS WELL AS AUXILIARY BUILDINGS, SWIMMING POOLS, BEACHES AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, INCLUDING A BOAT LANDING. IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST-GUARDED HOLIDAY RESORTS OF THE ERA, ACCESSIBLE ONLY TO A SELECT FEW.
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​DURING THE CROATIAN WAR IN THE 1990S, THE COMPLEX WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED BY WARFARE, PARTICULARLY DURING ARTILLERY SHELLING AND LOOTING. AFTER THE CONFLICT ENDED, THE SITE WAS NEVER FULLY REBUILT, DESPITE VARIOUS INVESTMENT PLANS. TODAY, THE RUINS OF THE HOTELS AND OVERGROWN ALLEYS ATTRACT TOURISTS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, VIDEO MAKERS AND URBEX ENTHUSIASTS. KUPARI HAS ALSO BECOME A SYMBOL OF THE UNFULFILLED AMBITIONS OF POSTWAR RECONSTRUCTION AND A TESTAMENT TO THE PASSING LUXURY OF DECADES PAST.
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IN KRISTIAN BERG'S VISION, THE KUPARI TOURIST COMPLEX IS NOT JUST A RUIN OF THE PAST - IT IS A SYMBOL OF THE END OF AN ERA. IN THE DILAPIDATED HOTEL ROOMS AND OVERGROWN PATHS OF FORMER LUXURY, KEY PLOT EVENTS UNFOLD. A GROUP OF SURVIVORS OF THE AVIATION WARS, FIND HERE TRACES OF THE OLD WORLD AND TECHNOLOGY TO RESTORE HOPE TO HUMANITY AFTER GLOBAL CATACLYSM AND COLLAPSE. THE SITE BECOMES A MEETING SPACE BETWEEN THE PAST AND THE FUTURE - WHERE THE PAST IS NOT JUST A MEMORY, BUT A WARNING.
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