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The city and Solomon's Temple were plundered and destroyed, and most of the Judeans were taken by Nebuzaradan into captivity in Babylon, with only a few people permitted to remain to tend to the land (Jeremiah 52:16). Archaeological evidence confirms that the city was systematically destroyed by fire.
A major fire broke out in the Parthenon shortly after the middle of the third century AD. [99] [100] which destroyed the roof and much of the sanctuary's interior. [101] Heruli pirates sacked Athens in 276, and destroyed most of the public buildings there, including the Parthenon. [102]
In 1826 a fire destroyed much of the church, and the remaining ruins were demolished in 1844. On 25 August 1914, during World War I , the university library of Leuven was destroyed by the Germans against the backdrop of other war crimes . 230,000 volumes were lost, including medieval and Renaissance manuscripts and more than 1,000 incunabula .
The Dixie Fire Collaborative, which draws about 150 people to its monthly meetings at Greenville Elementary School, has drawn inspiration from other communities that have suffered disaster.
A fire broke out in April 1945, probably lit by retreating soldiers of the Wehrmacht and as the Red Army prohibited the fire to be extinguished, the palace was destroyed. Due to misunderstanding and ignorance, the ruins were blown up in the 1960s.
The U.S. government has agreed to help restore a sacred Native American site on the slopes of Oregon's Mount Hood that was destroyed by highway construction, court documents show, capping more ...
The Great Fire of Rome in 64 CE damaged the temple, but it was restored under the emperor Domitian (r. 81 – 96 CE). It was finally destroyed by another fire in 363 CE, which was rumoured to be an act of arson committed by Christians. The temple has been excavated and partially restored in various phases since the 1860s, though only partial ...
The facade of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral on November 29, 2024, ahead of a visit of the French president. The cathedral is set to re-open early December 2024, with a planned weekend of ...