Across
- 4. A city abandoned after the explosion of a nuclear power plant in 1986
- 6. The city, famous for its cathedral visited by 14 million a year, which was destroyed by fire in 2019.
- 8. A mythical lost city, possibly flooded
- 10. A city flooded with volcanic mud in 79 AD
- 12. Port city in Egipt, sunken in the 2nd century BC, discovered in 2000
- 14. A city destroyed during the civil war and the last earthquake.
- 15. A capital destroyed during World War II, rebuild afterwards, now UNESCO-listed
- 16. The oldest sunken city in Greece
- 17. The city was destroyed during the war in 1992 together with the building and collections of the National Library
Down
- 1. A biblical city, which, according to legend, was destroyed by a rain of brimstone and fire
- 2. The first city destroyed by a nuclear attack in 1945
- 3. A city famous for fado, destroyed during the earthquake of November 1, 1755
- 5. A museum town with numerous frescoes, buried in volcanic ash in 79 AD
- 7. The ruins of an ancient UNESCO-listed city destroyed by jihadists in 2015.
- 9. The city where the Atomic Bomb Museum is located, reminding of its destruction in 1945.
- 11. York A city whose two towers were destroyed in a terrorist attack
- 13. A biblical city probably destroyed by a meteorite