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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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Remains of the Old Summer Palace, Beijing, China (upload.wikimedia.org)

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[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago

Oh, it's not that old, construction began in 1707. I needed a frame of reference.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Summer_Palace#History

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