50 Impressive Ruins Photographed By Professional Artists

Ruins are the remains of what once were human constructions, some really glorious and famous in their times. Ruins are the “scars” of the past that should be treasured and admired, as they offer invaluable information about the past, about the civilizations that we rose from, about our ancestors and about all sorts of cultures that marked the history. Ruins are not just weeds grown over some dusty walls, they are not just something that was abandoned in time. Unfortunately, not all of us have the chance to visit them, see and understand their history and the importance of what they have left behind, for us. Some cultures as old as several centuries or even millenniums hid mysteries that out modern world will never be able to discover and understand, never be able to appreciate enough and never be enough amazed at their past glory. But even now, after such a long time, some ruins are more glorious than modern buildings, more impressive by architecture and functionality. Today we present 50 examples of ruins from all over the world which were captured in a moment by talented photographers and we invite you to use your imaginations and see, in your mind, what happened back then and how things used to look like.

Life in Ruins

Castle Ruins

Prayer in Ruins

The Ruins

Castle Ruin – Loch An Eilein HDR

Radzyn Chelminski, Ruins of Castle

Ruins

More Ruins

A Window on the Blue Sea

Witness of Ancient Times

Ta Prohm, Angkor

UK – Scotland – Isle of Skye

Before Our Time

Greece – Cape Sounion

Tunisia – Storm Coming to Ancient City of Dougga

Cambodia – Ta Prohm Temple Lost in Jungle of Angkor Temples Area

Hammerhus Castle Ruins

Fallen Roof Ruin

Apollo Ruins

Ancient Ruins of Palmyra, Syria

Ruin on top of Drachenfels

I See Desolation

Ruin and Weeds

Ruin – Black and White

Green Ruin

The Lady of the Boulevard

Ruins at Sunset

Machu Pichu

Tower of the Ruins of Beckov Castle – Slovakia

Angkor Wat Area

Machu Picchu View

Abby in Whitby, Britain

Devin

Magic Sky

Terlingua Ruins

Ruins of an Industrial Past

Ruins of Banteay Samre, Angkor Temple

Machu Picchu Inca Ruins

Machu Picchu Inca Ruins: Condor House

Machu Picchu Inca Ruins View

Italy, Craco Ruins 7

Ruins in Peace

Italy, Craco Ruins 3

The Ruins of the Castle Krzyztopór at Ujazd

Delicate Ruins

Roman Ruins at Bosra, Syria

Ruins by the Pantheon

Ruins in Siem Reap

Angkor Ruins

Ruins by the Inca Trail