TIL after the Nazi occupation of Warsaw, so much of the city had been razed that a 18th century landscape painting was used to rebuild the city.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_destruction_of_Warsaw#Rebuilding_of_the_city



Submitted February 01, 2015 at 09:03PM by jbeast33 http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2uevwe/til_after_the_nazi_occupation_of_warsaw_so_much/