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':

  • Budapest Gellert Bath
  • Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork
  • Cologne Cathedral Suffered fourteen hits by aerial bombs during World War II, without collapsing
  • Dresden Elbe Valley
  • Genbaku Dome
  • Gusuku Sites Shuri area was totally destroyed in WWII
  • Le Havre
  • Liverpool Suffered 80 air-raids, damaging docks, quays and buildings
  • Lübeck
  • Museumsinsel (Museum Island)
  • Naples Convent of Santa Chiara almost entirely destroyed bt Allied bombings in WWII
  • 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)
  • Verona
  • 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