Blown up

Sites completely destroyed by an explosion.

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Blown up':

  • Acropolis Parthenon, 1687.
  • Bamiyan Valley Bamiyan buddhas, 2001
  • Mostar Mostar Bridge, 1997
  • Old City of Jerusalem The Mugrabi quarter (blown up by the Israeli army after the Six Days War 1967)
  • Venice and its Lagoon St Mark's Campanile (not an explosion, but a destroying implosion)