Religious buildings and structures destroyed by arson

temple in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

thumb|Kinkaku-ji, Kyoto, 2024 , officially named , is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan and a tourist attraction. It is designated as a World Heritage Site, a National Special Historic Site, a National Special Landscape, and one of the 17 Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto. The temple is nicknamed after its reliquary (shariden), the , whose top two floors are coated in 0.5 μm gold leaf. The current pavilion was rebuilt in 1955 after being destroyed in an arson attack.

ancient Egyptian temple, located on the west bank of the Nile in Edfu, Upper Egypt