20 shocking Pictures Of Some Of The Most widely known Landmarks around The World Before And After The Coronavirus Spread

1. The Spanish Steps and Piazza di Spagna in Rome in August 2019. The steps were such a popular spot to visit and linger at that the city had to create a strict no-sitting law.

2. The Spanish Steps and Piazza di Spagna on March 13 (Italy has one of the strictest lockdown laws outside of China):

3. Tourists inside the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul in October 2018:

4. An empty Hagia Sophia being disinfected by health officials on March 13:

5. The ritzy Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan in June 2019:

6. The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II on March 13:

7. London’s super-busy Piccadilly Circus in September 2019:

8. Piccadilly Circus almost empty on March 15:

9. Trocadéro Square in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris in August 2019:

10. Trocadéro Square in front of the Eiffel Tower on March 8:

11. People lined up to enter Disneyland in Anaheim, California, in March 2019:

12. The esplanade between Disneyland and Disney California Adventure on March 16 (this is only the fourth time in its history that the park has been forced to close):

13. Tokyo’s Shibuya Crossing — which is believed to be the busiest crosswalk in the world — in September 2019:

14. A much less busy Shibuya Crossing on March 9:

15. The most visited museum in the world, the Louvre in Paris, in August 2019:

16. The Louvre on March 18:

17. One of the most iconic places in all of the UK, and home to the Queen — Buckingham Palace — in August 2019:

18. Buckingham Palace on March 18. And FTR, the Queen will no longer be there; she is moving to Windsor Castle because of the coronavirus:

19. Tourists at the Taj Mahal in Agra, India, in January 2018:

20. A clear decline in tourists at the Taj Mahal on March 16: