yeah i found that works too, i was really talking about the viking era,, but destroying previous buildings that were there from another faction helps alot not only with getting florins, but it reduces the chances of a rebellion, i read this somewhere. then u can start up with all of your buildings. also, does the buildings that get damaged have to be destroyed and rebuilt like in RTW?,,, one more thing, when the computer takes over one of your provinces, does it destroy your buildings that were there and/or does it do that to other computer controlled provinces it takes over?