Tapureli ruins Tapureli ruins Tapureli ruins are in Mersin Province, Turkey. Limonlu River is a small river in Erdemli district of Mersin Province. It was named "Lamos River" in the antiquity and it was usually taken as the borderline between "Cilicia Trachaea" and "Cilicia Pedias". Tapureli ruins are situated on a plateau which overlooks the canyon of the river at about . The ruins are named after the Turkmen village about north east of the ruins. The altitude of the ruins which are embosomed by the dense forestry is . The distance to Erdemli is and to Mersin is The original settlement
Modern ruins Modern ruins Modern ruins is a neologism referring to ruins of architecture constructed in the recent past, generally in the most recent century, or since the 19th century. The term is most frequently used by people performing urban exploration of man-made architecture that is abandoned or no longer accessible to the general public, such as structures abandoned through the process of urban decay. Enough documentation on these sites may have been lost over time that this unscientific exploration resembles archaeology of ancient ruins in the methods used to collect information. High-profile modern ruins include amusement parks, grain elevators, factories, power