Destroyed libraries

Persepolis was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (). It is situated in the plains of Marvdasht, encircled by the southern Zagros Mountains, Fars province of Iran. It is one of the key Iranian cultural heritage sites and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

one of the largest libraries in the ancient world, located in Alexandria, Egypt

Ctesiphon ( ; , Tyspwn or Tysfwn; ; , ; ) was an ancient city in modern Iraq, on the eastern bank of the Tigris, about 35 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of Baghdad. Ctesiphon served as a royal capital of the Iranian empires for over eight hundred years, in the Parthian and Sasanian periods. Ctesiphon was the administrative capital of the Sasanian Empire from 226 to 637 (when it was conquered by the Arabs), or until the conclusion of the Muslim conquest of Persia in 651 AD.

historical event

library in Warsaw

freshwater loch in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, UK, outflows at its west to the River Morar

sexology research institute in Germany (1919–33)

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1981 event during the Sri Lankan civil war

national monument of the Czech Republic

Public Library

library

demolished 16th-century Prussian library

period of civil unrest

event during the Irish War of Independence

library

sikh library in Amritsar, India