ruins
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Chesters Roman Fort
Chollerford, England
122 CE
Originally known as Cilurnum, Chesters Roman Fort was built around 124 CE as part of Hadrian's Wall in northern England.
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Melrose Abbey
Melrose, Scotland
1136-46
This Cistercian abbey south of Edinburgh was founded in 1136 and is now in picturesque ruins. It is said to enshrine the heart of Robert the Bruce.
- Linlithgow Palace Linlithgow, Scotland
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Windsor Ruins
Port Gibson, Mississippi
1859-61
Only 23 crumbling Corinthian columns remain of the largest antebellum Greek Revival mansion in Mississippi. Designed by David Shroder for cotton planter Smith Daniell, the mansion was completed in 1861 as part of a vast plantation.
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Sanctuary of Apollo
Delphi, Greece
Home to the famous Oracle of Delphi, this mountain sanctuary was the holiest site in Ancient Greece. It was believed to be the center of the world, marked by the sacred Omphalos stone.
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Parthenon
Athens, Greece
The famous Temple of Athena Parthenos, built around 440 BCE, crowns the Acropolis in Athens. It was a major sacred site in Ancient Greece and is considered one of the finest examples of Greek architecture anywhere.
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St. Helena Parish Chapel of Ease Ruins
St. Helena Island, South Carolina
1740
The St. Helena Parish Chapel of Ease was built of in 1740 as an outpost of the Church of St. Helena in Beaufort. It was destroyed in a forest fire in February 1886 and never repaired. The tabby ruins and cemetery are on the National Register.
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Glastonbury Tor
Glastonbury, England
This 14th-century church tower atop a conical hill is the only surviving part of the Monastery of St. Michael.
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Fountains Abbey
Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains, England
1135
Founded by Cistercian monks in 1132, this is the largest monastic ruin in Britain and part of a World Heritage Site. It has many interesting things to see in a beautiful natural setting.
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Priory Ruins
Coventry, England
Scheduled Ancient Monument. Exposed foundations on a sunk plot of ground; converted int a garden and immediatelyadjacent to houses above. Gully the base of the west front of the important Cathedral monastery of St Mary, founded l043, remains.
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Tulum Archaeological Site
Tulum, Mexico
c. 1200
Spectacularly situated on a cliff overlooking the turquoise Caribbean Sea, Tulum is a Late Mayan site that was active from around 1200 until the arrival of the Spanish.
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Rievaulx Abbey
Rievaulx, England
Founded by St. Bernard of Clairvaux in 1132, Rievaulx Abbey now lies in picturesque ruins in a North Yorkshire valley.