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Remnants of abandoned factories, previously making goods from timber to textiles, documented by Yannis Behrakis/Reuters

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File cabinets and documents are seen in a deserted dry nut factory that closed in 1995 near the town of Xanthi in Thrace region, Greece.

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Boxes of cotton thread are seen inside a cotton spinning factory that closed in 2000 in the town of Larissa in Thessaly region, Greece.

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A first aid box hangs off a wall at a deserted wood factory that closed in 2007 in the town of Thessaloniki in central Macedonia region, Greece.

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A water bill is placed at the gate of a clothes factory that closed in 2013 in the Sindos industrial zone of the town of Thessaloniki in central Macedonia region, Greece.

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A Greek flag is draped over the gate of a deserted cooking oil factory that closed in 1996 in the town of Elefsina in Sterea Hellas region, Greece.

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A metal factory with a collapsed roof is seen in the Sindos industrial zone of the town of Thessaloniki in central Macedonia region, Greece.

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A punch clock is seen at the entrance of a deserted cooking oil factory that closed in 1996 in the town of Elefsina in Sterea Hellas region, Greece.

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A calendar from the year 2000 is seen next to a destroyed electricity panel inside a cotton spinning factory in the town of Larissa in Thessaly region, Greece.

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A deserted factory stands in the industrial zone of the town of Thebes in Sterea Hellas region, Greece.

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The entrance of a deserted marble factory, which closed in 2006, is seen near the town of Larissa in Thessaly region, Greece.

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