In 1693, however, the French king Louis XIV again sacked Heidelberg, blowing up its key buildings and burning the refurbished library and its contents to the ground.

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The National Statistics report also said 403 school buildings had been substantially rebuilt or refurbished in the last five financial years.

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Several of the buildings he has gutted and refurbished with a view to open them as hotels.

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