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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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Mehrangarh Fort, India (upload.wikimedia.org)
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[–] zwerg@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Does that count as a ruin? Seems to be standing strong.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

It's chipped away in spots, and certainly no longer in active use as a fortress. You're right that it is overall still in fantastic condition though!

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehrangarh

[–] esc@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

Beatiful! Always wanted to visit Rajasthan (and India really).