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Jerusalem was razed, the Temple destroyed, and its people forced into exile and slavery.
They held it for only four years, but the city was razed once again (just as Jesus had prophesied), the fortress of Masada fell, and the Jews were again taken into exile and slavery.
The walls surrounding Old Havana were razed during the 19th century to allow the city to expand westward.
Few Arab buildings remain, having been razed during the Reconquest, but the old quarter (Centre Historic on direction signs) still abounds with buildings of historic interest, preserved when Palma fell into decline in the 16th and 17th centuries.
In 1860 British and French soldiers razed most of the grand buildings, including a complex modeled after Versailles.