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The walls of the city of Coventry were also destroyed. A drawing of Old St Paul's before its destruction; The Great Fire of London in 1666 destroyed much of the old city, including Old St Paul's Cathedral, 87 parish churches, 44 Company Halls, the Royal Exchange, the Custom House, and the Bridewell Palace.
International Savings & Exchange Bank Building (1954): Demolished by the city government of Los Angeles. [3] MGM Silent and Early Sound Film Archive (1965): A fire in one of the studio's archival vaults destroyed the only copies of hundreds of silent and early sound era MGM films. [4] Richfield Tower (1969): Demolished to clear site for City ...
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The city in Iraq has long been “ignored entirely by archaeologists,” according to the study. Ancient city was destroyed by ISIS. Now, its mirror image found in ‘forgotten’ ruins
Since 2014, the Islamic State has destroyed cultural heritage on an unprecedented scale, primarily in Iraq and Syria, but also in Libya.These attacks and demolitions targeted a variety of ancient and medieval artifacts, museums, libraries, and places of worship, among other sites of importance to human history.
Image credits: City before after #10 Rephotography Is The Act Of Repeat Photography At The Same Site, With A Time Gap Between The Two Images; The So-Called "Then And Now" View Of A Particular Area ...
1963 – Fretz Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, twelve-alarm fire was the largest in city history. 50 homes and multiple businesses destroyed along with original fire building. 1964 – The Bellflower Street Conflagration in Boston destroyed 19 apartment buildings and damaged 11.
Troy was a city located in northwest Anatolia in what is now Turkey. It is best known for being the focus of the Trojan War described in the Greek Epic Cycle and especially in the Iliad, one of the two epic poems attributed to Homer. Repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt, the city slowly declined and was abandoned in the Byzantine era. Buried by ...