Examples of 'was built on the ruins' in a sentence

Meaning of "was built on the ruins"

The phrase 'was built on the ruins' metaphorically describes how something new, such as a building, organization, or system, was established or created in the aftermath or remnants of a previous structure, institution, or situation. It signifies that the current entity emerged or took shape from the remains or destruction of something that existed before

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was built on the ruins
It was built on the ruins of an ancient structure.
A brick building was built on the ruins.
It was built on the ruins of two earlier churches.
That your house was built on the ruins.
It was built on the ruins of an older castle.
The European integration project was built on the ruins of that past.
The hotel was built on the ruins of an old tobacco plant.
The other one is the temple of Triolet which was built on the ruins.
The monastery was built on the ruins of a lay building.
It was built on the ruins of an ancient Assyrian temple for the god Banu.
A new ubosot was built on the ruins of.
It was built on the ruins of the stadium of Domitianus from the first century.
During the night a small Hindu temple was built on the ruins of the mosque.
The church was built on the ruins of an older church destroyed in an.
It dates from the 14th century and was built on the ruins of a mosque.

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Isfiya was built on the ruins of a Byzantine settlement.
Did you know that the Visser was built on the ruins of a mansion?
It was built on the ruins of a prior Roman bath.
One example is Samoa, which was built on the ruins of ancient Eshtamoa.
It was built on the ruins of an earlier Roman fort.
A thousand years ago this school was built on the ruins of Miss Piper 's ancestral home.
It was built on the ruins of a Portuguese fort.
In the 16th Century, a new church was built on the ruins of an earlier church.
The khan was built on the ruins of an ancient inn from the Crusader period.
But, you see, Colonel… the village was built on the ruins of an older place.
It was built on the ruins of the ancient Phoenician city of Dor.
But you see, Baal-Dahar was built on the ruins of an older place.
It was built on the ruins of an old mosque of Abu Mansur Qusta.
The city of Mexico was built on the ruins of the [… ].
It was built on the ruins of Fort Saint-Louis.
The fortress of Karom was built on the ruins of the ancient Roman one.
It was built on the ruins of a castle once owned by a baron roughly 200 years ago.
The new edifice was built on the ruins of the original structure.
It was built on the ruins of a temple dating from the Archaic period . ".
Our Organization was built on the ruins of a World War.
Mystacor was built on the ruins of an ancient First Ones citadel.
The Ottoman Empire was built on the ruins of the Byzantine Empire.
The church was built on the ruins of the monastery of Santa Veneranda.
The Cathedral of Florence was built on the ruins of the original church Santa Reparata.
Veronica was built on the ruins of Fire Village after it was destroyed.
The village was built on the ruins of an older place.
The villa was built on the ruins of an ancient Chapel dedicated to San Michele.
The structure was built on the ruins of the old State House.
The hotel was built on the ruins of an ancient monastery, dating back to 1300.
A residence for a caretaker was built on the ruins during the restoration work undertaken beginning around 1878.
The church was built on the ruins of an ancient temple, which was rebuilt in 1930.
The Temple 4 was built on the ruins of the Temple 3.
The villa was built on the ruins of a fifteenth-century lazaretto.
The church was built on the ruins of the old Nuestra Señora de Socorro.
The church was built on the ruins of a II-III century chapel.

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