True to the spirit of pokemon go, I spent most of august exploring the mountains around my hometown. Mostly, I learned a lot about the original town, which stood on higher ground on the mountainside but got torn down by an earthquake in 1915. I walked around, took pictures, asked for information, befriended a couple of local elders who were very happy to share their parents’ and grandparents’ stories. I even went to the library to dig up some books to learn more about the old times. All in all, a fun summer! But I’m afraid I’ll fail my original goal, which was to put some wayspots on the map. For instance:
This is what remains of the local drugstore and the house next to it. Notice how you can still make out the layout of the rooms.
This is the so-called mules’ door. It led to the town square in front of the local monastery, which had a fountain for mules and horses.
This archway leads to a whole block of houses that are still partially standing, but were never rebuilt. Walking up these stairs feels like stepping in a fantasy land, especially because at the top stands our centuries-old castle.
There would be more examples, but I think I took enough of your time already. All these sites lack proper nametags and info boards, so I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to turn all this into viable wayfarer submissions, but I had lots of fun learning about my town. Do you think stuff like this would be interesting and safe to have in our games? Or is it better to leave some hidden gems just that – hidden? Sound off and let me know!
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If you can find a website link than they would get accepted. If there isn’t a website link to this i guess you could do a collage ( i think its called that, but it’s where you put multiple photos into one photo) of the book that you found in the library and use that as your supporting photo.
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I can’t see why it shouldn’t be nominated. What will help with the nomination is a title and description that accurately describes what the place is and some supporting information to back up the nomination. Looking at the 3rd image, I wouldn’t use that in your submission, as it doesn’t appear to have a safe public / pedestrian acceess.
Also, you will need to take into consideration about accessibility by foot and whether it’s safe. Is there a likelyhood it will be deemed private property or is it completely public accessible.
Above all, it looks like a good find.
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Funny you should say that: most of these were already rejected by Emily, an old fountain near a chapel that went to public review was accepted, and a couple more submissions are still under review. Sadly at the moment I’m all out of appeals
I can understand why Porta Dei Muli could be rejected by the ML. The other 2, I would need to refer to those more experienced to understand why they should or could be rejected. It could be down to what’s in the description, or could be that the ML couldn’t determine the safety or the accessibility of the location.
I like to explore ruïnes!
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I did get some ruins accepted without a sign 
I do think that you have to craft a good description and that means research and facts….and a link in the supplementary.
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For human reviewers, add reliable citations.
To get it past Emily… well, I still can’t figure that out. Tighter cropping of the photo perhaps.
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Emily loves all my maps and infoboards, but for everything else she’s a very harsh mistress
I thought Samantha was a CPU. Dang.
I just took a quote from ‘Her’ for those that do not know the movie 
I don’t watch movies much these days…
It is also only 11 years old currently, so you had plenty of chances
Now back on to the topic 
This is the only comparable submission I have but I had links to add.
It sounds like you have done enough research to put together a good description for the area and landmarks for me as a mere human at least. Emily I’m not so sure about.
What do your descriptions look like?
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I can do some copy-pasting if you want to put them through a translator, but mainly: for porta dei muli I cited generic “historical research findings” because I thought it sounded more reliable than “I talked to a couple of 90-year-olds and this is what they told me”; ruderi del 1915 I wrote that they’re remains of a notorious earthquake and that they were untouched for over 100 years; fontanile ottocentesco I wrote it was already standing in the 1800s and that the pathway leading to it was recently cleared of vines and shrubbery making it ideal for exploration.
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