The surprising stories of the world’s best-known ruins – AFTER they fell out of use
Jonathan Wilkes
16 April 2024
Repurposed ruins
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Colosseum, Italy
Sorin Colac/Alamy
Colosseum, Italy
Francis Frith/Public domain/Wikimedia Commons
Luxor Temple, Egypt
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Luxor Temple, Egypt
Graham Mulrooney/Alamy
Palace of Versailles, France
Thomas LENNE/Alamy
Palace of Versailles, France
Felix Lipov/Alamy
Masada, Israel
Dmitrii Melnikov/Alamy
Masada, Israel
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Whitby Abbey, England, UK
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Whitby Abbey, England, UK
incamerastock/Alamy
Brandenburg Gate, Germany
Noppasin Wongchum/Alamy
Brandenburg Gate, Germany
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Parthenon, Greece
Constantinos Iliopoulos/Alamy
Parthenon, Greece
mccool/Alamy
Hagia Sophia, Turkey
Stefano Politi Markovina/Alamy
Hagia Sophia, Turkey
Niday Picture Library/Alamy
Old Sarum, England, UK
Adam Burton/Alamy
Old Sarum, England, UK
Loop Images Ltd/Alamy
Red Fort, India
Dmitry Rukhlenko-Photos of India/Alamy
Red Fort, India
dbtravel/Alamy
Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany
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Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany
BM/CC BY-SA 4.0/Wikimedia Commons
Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
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Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
Daniel Mayer/CC BY-SA 4.0/Wikimedia Commons
Forbidden City, China
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Forbidden City, China
Riccardo Biondani/Alamy
Alcatraz, California, USA
Della Huff/Alamy
Alcatraz, California, USA
GRANGER-Historical Picture Archive/Alamy
Petra, Jordan
christophecappelli/Alamy
Petra, Jordan
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