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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.

Generally speaking, specific items from a ruin should go to !historyartifacts@lemmy.world

Illustrations of ruins (or their reconstructions) should go to !historyillustrations@lemmy.world

Photos of ruins back when they were functioning should go to !HistoryPorn@lemmy.world

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Ruins of Whitby Abbey in the UK (lemmy.world)

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[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Whitby, notably, being where Dracula landed after his voyage on the Demeter. The abbey featured in the story as well…

[–] Puttaneska@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

One of the reasons that goths love to visit Whitby.