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This is a list of cultural heritage sites that have been damaged or destroyed accidentally, deliberately, or by a natural disaster. The list is sorted by continent, then by country. Cultural heritage can be subdivided into two main types: tangible and intangible. Tangible heritage includes built heritage (such as religious buildings, museums ...
Surges 4 and 5 are believed to have destroyed and buried Pompeii. [20] Surges are identified in the deposits by dune and cross-bedding formations, which are not produced by fallout. The eruption is considered primarily phreatomagmatic , i.e. a blast driven by energy from escaping steam produced by seawater seeping into the deep-seated faults ...
It commemorates the German bombing of Rotterdam on 14 May 1940, which destroyed the medieval centre of the city. [1] Unveiled in 1953, it was designated as a Dutch national monument (Rijksmonument) in 2010. It is the largest sculpture by the Russian-born French sculptor Ossip Zadkine, his best known work, [2] and the best known sculpture in ...
In July 2014, IS destroyed one of the tombs of prophet Daniel and the tomb and mosque of the prophet Jonah with explosives, [9] [10] as well as the tomb of Prophet Jirjis (George). [11] The same month, IS also destroyed the 13th-century Mausoleum of Imam Awn Al-Din in Mosul, one of the few structures to have survived the 13th-century Mongol ...
The state parks department acquired the motel in 2001 and had plans to restore about 20 cabins for public use. The department confirmed in a news release that the Palisades Fire had destroyed the ...
The nearly 100-year-old Topanga Ranch Motel was destroyed in the blaze on Tuesday night. ... Some of the City of Angels' well-known hotels, eateries and community structures were affected by the ...
The Minoan eruption was a catastrophic volcanic eruption that devastated the Aegean island of Thera (also called Santorini) circa 1600 BCE. [2] [3] It destroyed the Minoan settlement at Akrotiri, as well as communities and agricultural areas on nearby islands and the coast of Crete with subsequent earthquakes and paleotsunamis. [4]
Topanga Ranch Motel. Parts of Topanga State Park were destroyed by the Palisades fire, including the Topanga Ranch Motel that was once owned by William Randolph Hearst.The bungalow-style motel ...