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What is a ruin? We’re running off of “You know it when you see it” at the moment. Ruins should be non-functioning structures of some age, or their function reduced to tourism and the like.

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Another view of Sumela Monastery, Turkiye (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by PugJesus to c/historyruins

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[–] dodos 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's a wild spot for a building! How was it accessed?

[–] PugJesus 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Some terrifying narrow mountain path, I would imagine!

[–] Anticorp 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

How in the hell did they build that? I thought I was looking at a fantasy video game screenshot until I saw your title.

[–] IMALlama 2 points 4 months ago

For anyone else who wants more info: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumela_Monastery