This casino once hosted glamorous royal parties - but now it sits completely abandoned

Photographer Roman Robroek has always been drawn to photographing abandoned places, so when he discovered the empty but majestic Casino Constanta on the coast of the Black Sea in Romania, he knew he had to shoot it.

The Art Nouvea-style building was originally commissioned by King Carol I and built around the year 1900, opening to the public as a casino in 1910. "Many wealthy travelers enjoyed their time playing games and dancing in the symbol of the city," Robroek told Business Insider of the building's past.

Unfortunately, in 1990 the building was closed to the public, and it has been left sitting empty, slowly becoming more and more dilapidated. Ahead, 13 of Robroek's photos inside the once gorgeous building.