Then and now: landmarks lost to war
Hannah Foster-Roe
23 April 2024
Casualties of war
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Then: Leuven University Library, Belgium
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Now: Leuven University Library, Belgium
Werner Lerooy/Shutterstock
Then: Buddhas of Bamiyan, Afghanistan
JEAN-CLAUDE CHAPON/AFP via Getty Images
Now: Buddhas of Bamiyan, Afghanistan
Nava Jamshidi/Getty Images
Then: Royal Opera House, Valletta, Malta
John Critien/Public domain/Wikimedia Commons
Now: Royal Opera House, Valletta, Malta
Paul Mendoza/Alamy
Then: Reichstag, Berlin, Germany
Bettmann/Getty Images
Now: Reichstag, Berlin, Germany
tolobalaguer.com/Shutterstock
Then: Dubrovnik Old Town, Croatia
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Now: Dubrovnik Old Town, Croatia
Magdanatka/Shutterstock
Then: St Dunstan in the East, London, England, UK
Antiqua Print Gallery/Alamy
Now: St Dunstan in the East, London, England, UK
Chrispictures/Shutterstock
Then: City Hall, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
MICHAEL EVSTAFIEV/AFP via Getty Images
Now: City Hall, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
MehmetO/Shutterstock
Then: Prudential House, Warsaw, Poland
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Now: Prudential House, Warsaw, Poland
Adrian Grycuk/CC BY-SA 3.0 PL/Wikimedia Commons
Then: Temple of Bel at Palmyra, Syria
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Now: Temple of Bel at Palmyra, Syria
LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty Images
Then: Porcelain Tower of Nanjing, China
Antiqua Print Gallery/Alamy
Now: Porcelain Tower of Nanjing, China
Prof. Gary Lee Todd/CC BY-SA 4.0/Wikimedia Commons
Then: St Michael’s Cathedral, Coventry, England, UK
Trinity Mirror/Mirrorpix/Alamy
Now: St Michael’s Cathedral, Coventry, England, UK
Gordon Bell/Shutterstock
Then: Gates to Nineveh, Iraq
Vivienne Sharp/Heritage Images/Getty Images
Now: Gates to Nineveh, Iraq
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Then: Stari Most, Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Johnny Saunderson/Alamy
Now: Stari Most, Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Michael Paschos/Shutterstock
Then: Church of St Nikolai, Hamburg, Germany
GL Archive/Alamy
Now: Church of St Nikolai, Hamburg, Germany
NoyanYalcin/Shutterstock
Then: Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, Japan
Public domain/Wikimedia Commons
Now: Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, Japan
Luciano Mortula - LGM/Shutterstock
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