History Ruins

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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 [email protected]

Illustrations of ruins (or their reconstructions) should go to [email protected]

Photos of ruins back when they were functioning should go to [email protected]

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Remains of a Roman military amphitheater in Budapest, Hungary (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Here is a section of a map from 1823, it shows the buildings built on top of that, note the circular shape:

Map of Old Buda, 1823

Same map browsable here, change the opacity on the top right to see current aerial photo.

According to some legends it was used as a fort in the middle ages, bu afaik no archeological remains support this.

Another map from 1878, with more details, it shows the contours of the buildings:

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