The most easterly contains the ruins of the old castle, whilst the remains of the ancient Anatho extend from this island for about 2 miles down the left bank.

Part of Abergavenny and Skirrid Fach ( Little Skirrid ) seen from the castle ruins

Near the castle ruins, on the West Hill, are " St Clement's Caves ", partly natural, but mainly excavated by hand by the smugglers from the soft sandstone.

The ancient part of the town is in a spectacular position on the top of a hill, where it preserves a particular medieval historical center, with ruins of a castle ( Castello della Fava ) and a square panoramic tower of the 13th century.

In 1805 the ruins of this castle site were demolished.

Beyond is another wooded hill with the ruins of a castle on its top.

Highlights here include Eiben Forest near Dermbach, the fairytale sandstone cave at Walldorf, the deepest lake in Germany formed by land subsidence, which is near Bernshausen, and the " Krayenburg ", the ruins of a castle ( dating back to the year 786 ), restaurant and a tower with a wide outlook into the Werra valley near Tiefenort.

Although the Knights lifted the siege of the castle after a month, they reduced much of the outer city to ruins.

A letter to the editor of the Morning Chronicle of 2 January 1819 states that " On the 19th of November, as the servants belonging to the West Mains of Dunsinane-house, were employed in carrying away stones from the excavation made among the ruins that point out the site of Macbeth's castle here, part of the ground they stood on suddenly gave way, and sunk down about six feet, discovering a regularly built vault, about six feet long and four wide.

Near the castle are the ruins of the fourteenth-century palace of the grand jury and the old cathedral ( 1603 ) probably built on a design by architect Camillo Camillians.

Many historical structures remain, including a city wall founded in Roman times and rebuilt in the 14th century, the ruins of St Augustine's Abbey and a Norman castle, and perhaps the oldest school in England, The King's School.

It occupies a slight eminence, crowned by the ruins of a Moorish castle, and overlooking the Guadiana.

Or Höhronen, with its shady forests and wide footpaths ; the winding paths along the river Sihl ; through the romantic Lorzentobel to the limestone caves at Höllgrotten, and the castle ruins on Wildenburg mountain.

One is beckoned to Ennetsee, to visit the castle of St. Andrew, near Cham, the castle in Buonas, or even the castle ruins of Hünenberg.

There was a Norman chapel of St Julitta at the castle, now in ruins, which was excavated in Ralegh Radford's excavations.

Many of the stones from these ruins were then used by the knights to fortify their castle of Bodrum ; they also recovered bas-reliefs with which they decorated the new building.

Stevia Mountain with the ruins of Wolkenstein castle-the ancestral castle of the Wolkenstein family

There is also a Lusatian culture excavation site and museum in the city and ruins of a medieval castle in Olsztyn, approximately 25 kilometres ( ca.

The German name Waldenburg ( meaning " forest castle ") refers to the castle Nowy Dwór, whose ruins stand south of the city ; the name came to be used for the entire settlement.

In 614, the Persians conquered the area and destroyed the castle, leaving only ruins ; but in 637, the area came under the control of the Muslims and the building was reconstructed as a roofed mosque.

Below the castle, the church of St. George is probably the oldest in Campobasso, built around the year 1000 AD over the ruins of a Pagan temple.

The ruins of this monastery are still to be seen in Bunnacurry today.

Jerusalem was still in ruins from the First Jewish-Roman War in 70 AD.

Apart from the mosque, called Jāma ' Iltutmish ( pronounced Altamish locally ), nearly the whole of the ancient temple has fallen into ruins, but the relics are still unsurpassed as examples of Hindu architecture and sculpture.

The ruins of the town may still be seen on Cape Balastra ; they cover seven small hills, and extend from an eastern to a western harbor ; on the southwestern hills are the remains of the medieval settlement of Polystylon.

Crossing the Aniene and turning to the right, the path rises along the left face off the ravine and soon reaches the site of Nero's villa and of the huge mole which formed the lower end of the middle lake ; across the valley were ruins of the Roman baths, of which a few great arches and detached masses of wall still stand.

Jerusalem had been conquered and destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BC and Nehemiah finds it still in ruins.

Some important Roman ruins are exposed under the Plaça del Rei, its entrance located by the city museum ( Museu d ' Història de la Ciutat ); the typically Roman grid plan is still visible today in the layout of the historical centre, the Barri Gòtic (" Gothic Quarter ").

Malory's editor Caxton rejects the association, saying Camelot was in Wales and that its ruins could still be seen ; this is a likely reference to the Roman ruins at Caerwent.

These areas have ruins from the wars against the Cathars which are still visible today.

There are also many ruins still in existence, protected by the government.

Down the hill from the museum, visitors can wander among the Outer Kerameikos ruins, the Demosion Sema, the banks of the Eridanos where some water still flows, the remains of the Pompeion and the Dipylon Gate, and walk the first blocks of the Sacred Way towards Eleusis and of the Panethenaic Way towards the Acropolis.

The place where the previously devastated city was located is still in ruins, and has become a tourist attraction known as " Panama Viejo ".

The gas plant for the production of liquid oxygen still lies in ruins at the entrance to Peenemünde.

Their temple was built at Mount Gerizim in the middle of fifth century BC and was destroyed by the Macabbean ( Hasmonean ) John Hyrcanus late in 110 BC, although their descendants still worship among its ruins.

The historic city centre is still partly in ruins, the traffic is horrific, and poverty is widespread.

A column from the ruins of a Roman temple in Ostia given to Chicago by the Italian government to honor General Italo Balbo's 1933 trans-Atlantic flight still stands near Soldier Field.

The ruins of rammed-earth walls that once surrounded the capitals Chang ' an and Luoyang still stand, along with their drainage systems of brick arches, ditches, and ceramic water pipes.

Those of these sculptures that belonged to the temples within the walls, present a peculiar and archaic style of art, and are universally recognized as among the earliest extant specimens of Greek sculpture Those, on the contrary, which have been found among the ruins of the temple on the opposite hill, are of a later and more advanced style, though still retaining considerable remains of the stiffness of the earliest art.

Pylos ' bay is formed by a deep indenture in the Morea, shut in by a long island, anciently called Sphacteria or Sphagia ( modern name Sfaktiria ), famous for the defeat and capture of the Spartans, in the Battle of Pylos during the Peloponnesian War, and still showing the ruins of walls which perhaps formed their last refuge.

It has long been maintained that the foundation of Seleucia diverted the population to the new capital of Babylonia, and that the ruins of the old city became a quarry for the builders of the new seat of government, but the recent publication of the Babylonian Chronicles of the Hellenistic Period has shown that urban life was still very much the same well into the Parthian age ( 150 BC to 226 AD ).

The chief monuments, of which the ruins are still extant within the circuit of the walls, are: the theatre, of which the remains are in imperfect condition, but sufficient to show that it was not of large size, and apparently of Roman construction, or at least, like that of Tauromenium, rebuilt in Roman times upon the Greek foundations ; a large edifice with two handsome stone arches, commonly called a Gymnasium, but the real purpose of which is very difficult to determine ; several other edifices of Roman times, but of wholly uncertain character, a mosaic pavement, and some Roman tombs.

She died at Tamworth, Staffordshire in 918, and was buried at St Peter's Church ( now St Oswald's priory ) in Gloucester, a city she had reconstructed from Roman ruins, and laid out the core street plan, which is still in existence today.

The first three miles are still heavily used by cars, buses and coaches but from then on traffic is very light and the ruins can be explored on foot in relative safety.