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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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Ruins of Somapura Mahavihara, Bangladesh (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by PugJesus to c/historyruins

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somapura_Mahavihara

Looks like it's a 8th century buddhist monastery.

[–] Retrograde 2 points 3 months ago

More HDR than a windows wallpaper but still really fascinating ruins and great composition