ruins

Summary

ruins ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (238 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• ruins is a type of architectural structure^[2].
• ruins is a type of Überrest^[3].
• ruins's Commons category is recorded as Ruins^[4].
• ruins's has cause is recorded as architectural structure^[5].
• ruins's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ruins^[6].
• ruins's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as historic=ruins^[7].
• ruins's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[8].
• ruins's different from is recorded as ruinous^[9].
• ruins's different from is recorded as derelict building or structure^[10].
• ruins's different from is recorded as ruins^[11].
• ruins's state of conservation is recorded as ruinous^[12].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include architectural structure^[2] and Überrest^[3].

Influence

Things named for ruins include The Ruins of Athens^[13], a musical work/composition^[14], founded in 1811^[15] and ruin marble^[16].

Why It Matters

ruins ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (238 views/month).^[1] ruins has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[17] ruins is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[18]

Entities named for ruins include The Ruins of Athens^[13], a musical work/composition^[14], founded in 1811^[15] and ruin marble^[16].