<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishMatetemeko ya ardhi, moto, mafuriko, na uporaji wa watu wa asili na wasanifu wa Renaissance ulifanya eneo hilo liwe malisho ya ngombe hadi kuchimbuliwa kwa karne ya 19.  <response>: Earthquake, fire, flood, and the plunder of barbarians and Renaissance architects reduced the area to a muddy cow pasture until the excavations of the 19th century. 