Al Nuri Mosque
Mosul, Iraq
Destroyed 2017
West Buddha
Disappointed Tourist: Bamiyan Buddha, Bamiyan, Afghanistan
Blown-up 2001
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
Moscow, Russia
Demolished 1931
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 […]
Cluny Abbey
Cluny, Saône-et-Loire, France
Sacked 1790
Dar Mar Elia Monastery
Mosul, Iraq
Demolished 2014
Dresden Synagogue
Dresden, Germany
Arson 1938
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
Halbmond Camp Mosque
Wundsdorf, Germany
Demolished 1926
Holy Trinity Church
Margate, Kent, England, UK
Bombed 1943
Michelsberg Synagogue
Wiesbaden, German Arson 1938 This synagogue was built by the architect Philipp Hoffman for the progressive Reform Jewish congregation of Wiesbaden, opening in 1869. It was burned down in 1939 as part of the Nazi Kristallnacht attack on Jewish communities throughout Germany. A memorial was erected on the site in 2011 that shows the outline […]
Mormon Temple
Nauvoo, Illinois, USA
Arson 1848
The Parthenon
Athens, Greece Damaged and looted 1803 I think the Elgin Marbles should be returned to complete the Parthenon. Tobias C. Also requested by Dillon C. The Parthenon was a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena located on the Acropolis in Athens. Construction took place between 447 BC and 438 BC, although decoration of the building continued afterwards. It […]
Paulinerkirche
Augustplatz, Leipzig, German Demolished 1968 During our student days from 1957 to 1963 we were members of the Leipzig University Choir (“Unichor”), whose home was the University Church of St. Pauli. In addition to smaller musical tasks in the university services and the cultivation of the works of Heinrich Schütz, the motets, oratorios and passions […]
St. Lambertus
Immerath, Nord-Rhein Westfalen, Germany
Demolished 2018
St. Michael’s
Coventry, England, UK
Bombed 1940
Sanctuario de Santa Lucia
Venice, Italy
Demolished 1861
Shrine of Sidi Mahmoud
Timbuktu, Mali
Destroyed 2012
Temple of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Destroyed 70
Yongmyong Temple
Pyongyang, North Korea
Bombed 1952