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This paper considers the case of real projective structures, i.e. geometric structures locally modeled on \\( \\mathbb{RP}^n \\) and its group of projective transformations \\( \\operatorname{PSL}(n+1,\\mathbb R) \\). The interest in this case is motivated by the fact that \\( \\mathbb{RP}^n \\) contains classical geometries as subgeometries (e.g. Euclidean, hyperbolic, spherical). For instance, it is well known that all closed surfaces and most geometric 3-manifolds admit a real projective structure. On the other hand, a closed simply connected manifold with a real projective structure must be a sphere, so one can find simply connected manifolds that do not admit real projective structures, such as \\( \\mathbb{CP}^n \\).  Therefore, the interest is in constructing manifolds with no real projective structure and infinite fundamental group. The main result in this paper is the construction in every dimension \\( n \\geq 4 \\) of some closed smooth manifolds with no real projective structure and fundamental group the infinite dihedral group \\( \\mathbb Z / 2 \\mathbb Z \\ast \\mathbb Z / 2 \\mathbb Z \\). This generalizes work by Cooper and Goldman, who gave the first example of a closed manifold with no real projective structure in dimension 3, i.e. the connected sum of two copies of \\( \\mathbb{RP}^3 \\) [\\textit{D. Cooper} and \\textit{W. Goldman}, Ann. Fac. Sci. Toulouse, Math. (6) 24, No. 5, 1219--1238 (2015; Zbl 1362.57030)].  The manifolds in the main theorem are constructed as certain twisted products of \\( S^1 \\) with a manifold \\( W \\) having fundamental group \\( \\mathbb Z / 2 \\mathbb Z \\). 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