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These buildings cost billions but are abandoned today

By lovemoney staff of Lovemoney | Slide 2 of 25: Built during the 1930s, the Maginot Line cost a staggering 3 billion francs to build, the equivalent of $3.7 billion (£3bn) today. The line, named after war minister Andre Maginot, consisted of obstacles, fortifications and weapons stretching along France’s borders with Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Luxembourg. It was designed to prevent German troops invading during World War II.

Slide 2 of 25: Built during the 1930s, the Maginot Line cost a staggering 3 billion francs to build, the equivalent of $3.7 billion (£3bn) today. The line, named after war minister Andre Maginot, consisted of obstacles, fortifications and weapons stretching along France’s borders with Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Luxembourg. It was designed to prevent German troops invading during World War II.

Maginot Line, France, cost: $3.7 billion (£3bn)

Built during the 1930s, the Maginot Line cost a staggering 3 billion francs to build, the equivalent of $3.7 billion (£3bn) today. The line, named after war minister Andre Maginot, consisted of obstacles, fortifications and weapons stretching along France’s borders with Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Luxembourg. It was designed to prevent German troops invading during World War II.

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