The most famous example is the Acropolis of Athens, which, by reason of its historical associations and the several famous buildings erected upon it ( most notably the Parthenon ), is known without qualification as the Acropolis.

The Acropolis of Athens ( Greek: Ακρόπολη Αθηνών ) is an ancient citadel located on a high rocky outcrop above the city of Athens and containing the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historic significance, the most famous being the Parthenon.

During the Hellenistic and Roman periods, many of the existing buildings in the area of the Acropolis were repaired, due to damage from age, and occasionally, war.

The most important buildings visible on the Acropolis today — the Parthenon, the Propylaia, the Erechtheion and the temple of Athena Nike — were erected during this period.

Excavations focused on five smaller buildings adjacent to the South Acropolis in order to determine the presence attached specialists ; TDP begins stabilization of the South Acropolis.

The buildings of the Acropolis in Athens served as the palace for the dukes.

( refer to image ), found on the front of such buildings as the Parthenon, the Acropolis, or Schinkel ’ s Schauspielhaus.

The city was sacked by the Heruli in AD 267, resulting in the burning of all the public buildings, the plundering of the lower city and the damaging of the Agora and Acropolis.

A view of the Acropolis of Athens during the Ottoman period, showing the buildings which were removed at the time of independence.

Even since antiquity, Penteli has been famous for its marble, which was used for the construction of the Acropolis and other buildings of ancient Athens.

The Penteli Mountain was named that way because of the great white stones and beautiful marbles mined out and used for the magnificent world-renowned monuments of Acropolis in antiquity ( as well as for the modern buildings of the 19th century in Athens ), before the Great Penteli Abbey being set at the foot of the mountain in 1576 by the bishop of Evripos, Timotheos Mentelis.

From 2004 an excavation started around the ancient Acropolis of Lissos and the Skanderbeg Memorial, which revealed Hellenistic, Roman and Early Byzantine buildings, tombs and other findings.

It has an elevated Acropolis over the rest of the city in which the main buildings of the city were built.

He ordered: the expanding of the Acropolis, fortifying and expanding the walls around Athens, construction of public roads, construction of public gardens, and the construction of many political buildings.

It is unique worldwide because its external cladding of white pentelikon marble is the same marble used in construction of the Parthenon and the other buildings in the Acropolis.

Like many other buildings, it suffered extensive damage during the Second World War and had to be restored.

1997 — In November, Cyclone Martin in Manihiki kills at least six people ; 80 % of buildings are damaged and the black pearl industry suffered severe losses.

Many religions popular in ethnic regions of the Soviet Union, including the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Catholic Churches, Baptists, Islam, Buddhism, and Judaism underwent ordeals similar to that which the Orthodox churches in other parts of the country suffered: thousands of monks were persecuted, and hundreds of churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, sacred monuments, monasteries and other religious buildings were razed.

The early city ( and subsequent buildings ) were constructed on a fault line and, consequently, suffered damage from a number of earthquakes.

As a consequence, under Saudi rule, Medina has suffered from considerable destruction of its physical heritage including the loss of many buildings over a thousand years old.

During the Second World War Milazzo suffered massive and bloody bombings, numerous buildings were razed to the ground.

Over 300 buildings were destroyed, many other towns and villages around the county suffered a similar fate including Fermoy.

The ancient electoral palace is another of the buildings that suffered severely in 1760 ; it now contains archives.

The Port Zante complex, where the pier and terminal buildings are located, suffered serious damage.

The building was destroyed, more than 100 nearby buildings suffered severe damage, and 168 people were killed.

This was the second major setback the outpost had suffered, and followed severe storms and flooding that had damaged Mission buildings and ruined crops earlier in the year.

They noted that although the blast wave was of about the same pressure as that of a high-explosive bomb, the duration of the effect was longer and that brick buildings were collapsed as far as 7, 300 feet at Hiroshima and 8, 500 feet at Nagasaki, while traditional wood houses were about the same, while reinforced-concrete structures suffered structural damage or collapse up to 700 feet at Hiroshima and 2, 000 feet at Nagasaki.

Without the addition of buttresses, bracing arches and anchor irons over the succeeding centuries, it would have suffered the fate of spires on later great ecclesiastical buildings ( such as Malmesbury Abbey ) and fallen down ; instead, Salisbury remains the tallest church spire in the UK.

As reported by UNESCO World Heritage News, the Royal Palaces of Abomey suffered from a fire on January 21, 2009, " which destroyed several buildings.

The buildings suffered — neglect, second-rate repairs, even active damage.

Like most medieval buildings, the windows at Chartres suffered badly from the corrosive effects of atmospheric acids during the Industrial Revolution and subsequently.

But during the Troubles, Cookstown suffered from several bomb and other attacks, robbing the town centre of most of its Victorian buildings including the sandstone façade of the Hibernian Bank as well as the Adair's former Italianate residence at Glenavon ( which had been converted to a hotel ).

City buildings suffered heavy damage during World War II.

The town suffered in the plague of 1349, but recovered enough, and with encouragement from the Canons, and growing general prosperity, to have a new church ( now St. Mary's, behind the buildings on the south side of Market Hill )) constructed with limestone from the Wash and decorated with Thetford flint.

Not having suffered from the last wars, Troyes has a high density of old religious buildings grouped close to the downtown area.

Two restaurants and two industrial buildings were destroyed ; a local lounge suffered severe damage, as well.

Only few early buildings remain in Placerville: as was the case in most mining towns, Placerville suffered more than once from fires that burned a large part of the town.

* In 2009, on the second day of school that year, Chesterton Middle School suffered tornado damage, as did over 100 other homes and apartment buildings.

Most of the houses, businesses, and other buildings suffered roof damage from the storm's ferocious winds.

In hot climates, compared with wooden buildings, adobe buildings offer significant advantages due to their greater thermal mass, but they are known to be particularly susceptible to earthquake damage.

The early 1960s and 1970s ( up until his death in 1976 ) were marked by key works in Helsinki, in particular the huge town plan for the void in centre of Helsinki adjacent to Töölö Bay and the vast railway yards, and marked on the edges by significant buildings such as the National Museum and the main railway station, both by Eliel Saarinen.

Steiner himself designed around thirteen buildings, many of them significant works in a unique, organic — expressionist architectural style.

Meyer became director when Gropius resigned in February 1928, and brought the Bauhaus its two most significant building commissions, both of which still exist: five apartment buildings in the city of Dessau, and the headquarters of the Federal School of the German Trade Unions ( ADGB ) in Bernau.

Though no significant damage was reported to most of the few Berkeley buildings of the time, the 1868 quake did destroy the vulnerable adobe home of Domingo Peralta in north Berkeley.

A significant number of the historic buildings are listed.

The Met Éireann building too was built in a somewhat pyramidal shape and is recognised as one of the most significant, smaller commercial buildings, to be erected in Dublin in the 1970s.

Over 2, 000 works of public art, including 600 by significant national and international artists, are located across campus in buildings, courtyards, open spaces and offices.

The most significant of Gaunt's buildings is his great hall.

Since the reunification of Germany, Leipzig has undergone significant change with the restoration of some historical buildings, the demolition of others, and the development of a modern transport infrastructure.

On Kristallnacht in 1938, one of the city's most architecturally significant buildings, the 1855 Moorish Revival Leipzig synagogue was deliberately destroyed.

Upriver and north of downtown is historic Old Town Lansing with many architecturally significant buildings dating to the mid-19th century.

The Palace of Westminster as a whole began to see significant alterations from the 18th century onwards, as Parliament struggled to carry out its business in the limited available space and ageing buildings.

These two buildings, built in Dornach, Switzerland, were intended to house significant theater spaces as well as a School for Spiritual Science.

Three of Steiner's buildings have been listed amongst the most significant works of modern architecture.

The Kew site includes four Grade I listed buildings and 36 Grade II listed structures in an internationally significant landscape.

In 1928, the warlord Shi Yousan set fire to the monastery, burning it for over 40 days, destroying a significant percent of the buildings, including many manuscripts of the temple library.

Both campuses have undergone significant expansion over the years, and many University buildings have received funding from Lord Beaverbrook and other prominent industrialists and philanthropists.

Over the past three decades, UPEI has experienced significant growth with many new buildings integrated into the campus, including Central Utility Building ( 1973 ), Duffy Science Centre, Blanchard Hall ( 1973 ), Bernardine Hall, Robertson Library ( 1975 ), Atlantic Veterinary College ( 1986 ), Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre ( 1990 ), Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall ( 1990 ), Food Technology Centre, K. C.

* June 15 – A powerful earthquake, registering a moment magnitude of 6. 2, hits the city of Aigio, Greece, resulting in several deaths and significant damage to many buildings.

A major part of Bucharest's architecture is made up of buildings constructed during the Communist era replacing the historical architecture with high density apartment blocks – significant portions of the historic center of Bucharest were demolished in order to construct one of the largest buildings in the world, the Palace of the Parliament ( then officially called the House of the Republic ).

As of 2005, there is a significant number of office buildings in construction, particularly in the northern and eastern parts of the city.