When the German’s occupied Paris during WWII, the city came near demolition, but during the revolution not so much was spaced

Numerous Metal Objects including Statues were melted down during the Revolution which provided a good source of ammunition

Bells of Notre Dame

Statue of Henri

Urn of Henri’s Heart
http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/monument-heart-henry-ii

as well as other occurances of distructions
Basilica St. Denis

Burn Tuillerie

Decapitation of Statures
(of course the statute of St. Denis was already missing it’s head