Comment on Single bone in Spain offers first direct evidence of Hannibal's war elephantsparentComments−RupertSalt7moIn 2008, I visited Manresa in Catalonia.An uncited passage in Wikipedia explains how the French Troops, defeated during their Napoleonic Invasion (1808), burned and demolished Manresa on retreat, and the villagers simply rebuilt the buildings from the same rubble.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ManresaI can attest that many buildings downtown are definitely rubble-y.
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In 2008, I visited Manresa in Catalonia.
An uncited passage in Wikipedia explains how the French Troops, defeated during their Napoleonic Invasion (1808), burned and demolished Manresa on retreat, and the villagers simply rebuilt the buildings from the same rubble.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manresa
I can attest that many buildings downtown are definitely rubble-y.