Damaged in World War II

Sites that were severely damaged during the Second World War.

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Damaged in World War II':

  • Baroque Churches Wiki "The Church of San Agustin ....survived the bombardment of Intramuros by American and Filipino forces with only its roof destroyed, the only one of the seven churches in the walled city to remain standing. The adjacent monastery suffered total destruction. Architect Angel Nakpil designed the rebuilding of the structure as a museum in the 1970s."
  • Budapest Gellert Bath
  • Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik
  • City of Bath "Bath suffered three air raids in reprisal for RAF raids on the German cities of Lübeck and Rostock, part of the Luftwaffe campaign popularly known as the Baedeker Blitz. Over 400 people were killed, and more than 19,000 buildings were damaged or destroyed. Houses in the Royal Crescent, Circus and Paragon were burnt out along with the Assembly Rooms, while the south side of Queen Square was destroyed. All have since been reconstructed, and regeneration work is continuing."
  • Cologne Cathedral Suffered fourteen hits by aerial bombs during World War II, without collapsing
  • Florence Florence bridges
  • Genbaku Dome
  • Gusuku Sites Shuri area was totally destroyed in WWII
  • Le Havre
  • Liverpool Suffered 80 air-raids, damaging docks, quays and buildings
  • Lübeck
  • Malbork Castle
  • Mehmed Paša Sokolovic Bridge Five of its 11 arches were damaged during World War II
  • Museumsinsel (Museum Island)
  • Muskauer Park Both castles and the bridges were severely damaged, other constructions were totally flattened and never rebuilt
  • Naples Convent of Santa Chiara almost entirely destroyed bt Allied bombings in WWII
  • Novgorod German troop destroyed Nereditsa church.
  • Prague Neo-Gothic part of the Old City town hall entirely blown up by the Nazis
  • Santa Maria delle Grazie Much of the refectory was destroyed in 1943, but some walls survived, including the one that holds the Last Supper
  • St. Petersburg Ropsha Palace (still in partial ruins)
  • Syracuse Heavy destruction was caused by the Allied and the German bombings in 1943
  • Trier Aula Palatina
  • Valetta Opera House was destroyed
  • Verona
  • Vicenza Villa Valmarana in Lisiera. The villa was nearly totally destroyed during World War II, but has been rebuilt.
  • Vienna Many significant buidings in old city area were bombed in WWII such as Opera House, Burg Theatre, St.Stephen Cathedral etc
  • Vigan
  • Vlkolinec
  • Warsaw
  • Westminster
  • Würzburg Residence