Apamea
Apamea, Syria
Looted and partially destroyed between 2011 and 2019
Arch of Triumph
Disappointed Tourist: Arch of Triumph, Palmyra, Syria
Blown-up 2015
East Buddha
Disappointed Tourist: Bamiyan Buddha, Bamiyan, Afghanistan
Blown-up 2001
West Buddha
Disappointed Tourist: Bamiyan Buddha, Bamiyan, Afghanistan
Blown-up 2001
Christchurch Greyfriars
London, England, UK Bombed 1940 The Disappointed Tourist: Christchurch Greyfriars, Ellen Harvey, 2021. Oil and acrylic on Gessoboard, 24 x 18″ (61 x 46 cm). Photograph: Etienne Frossard. Christchurch Greyfriars, also known as Christchurch Newgate Street, located in London opposite St. Paul’s Cathedral, was a church built to the design of Sir Christopher Wren to […]
Dar Mar Elia Monastery
Mosul, Iraq
Demolished 2014
Ferhat Pasha Mosque
Banja Luka, Bosnia
Blown-up 1993
Frauenkirche
Dresden, Germany
Bombed 1945
Great Mosque of Aleppo
Ancient City of Aleppo, Syria
Partially destroyed 2013
Great Mosque of Samarra
Samarra, Iraq
Bombed 2005
Great Synagogue
Warsaw, Poland
Blown-up 1943
Holy Trinity Church
Margate, Kent, England, UK
Bombed 1943
Hiroshima Castle
Hiroshima, Japan
Atomic Bomb 1945
Lakenhal
Ypres, Belgium
Shelled 1914-1918
Lion of Al-lāt
Disappointed Tourist: Lion of Al-Lat, Palmyra, Syria
Damaged / destroyed / moved 2015
6222 Osage Avenue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Bombed 1985
Royal Theatre
Valetta, Malta
Bombed 1942
Temple of Bel
Disappointed Tourist: Temple of Bel, Palmyra, Syria
Destroyed 2015
Ujazdowski Castle
Warsaw, Poland
Partially destroyed 1944, demolished 1975
Yongmyong Temple
Pyongyang, North Korea
Bombed 1952