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Of the dozen villas that Tiberius built on Capri, his favorite island retreat, the best preserved is the ruins of Villa Jovis (Jupiter’s Villa, or Tiberius’ Villa), sprawling across an eastern promontory opposite the mainland.
The inflexible architect leaves behind a whiff of Ayn Rand; his twisted metal hulks suggest the ruins of uninhabitable places.
Almost as the Spaniards founded their capital on the ruins of an Indian pueblo, the American conquerors of New Mexico built their territorial capital on and around a dilapidated Spanish-Mexican core, little of which remains today.
The LAT and NYT report that during the high-ranking U.N. delegation's visit to East Timor no shots were heard, but the officials could see that the city was in ruins.
With monastery ruins and an impressive 17th-century fort that still stands, it’s now a sanctuary for seabirds.