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Church in Arras cut in half by German shells
Church in Arras cut in half by German shells
As this photograph of a decapitated Gothic church shows, the old, medieval town of Arras suffered terrible collateral damage during 'the Great War’. Such was the level of devastation unleashed by the German artillery that, by the end of the conflict, the entire town had been reduced to rubble. Located close to the River Somme, Arras was caught up in much of the heaviest fighting on the Western Fro…
Contributors
- John Warwick Brooke
Subject
- Churches
- French
- Gothic (medieval)
- War damage
- Frenchcore
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Contributors
- John Warwick Brooke
Subject
- Churches
- French
- Gothic (medieval)
- War damage
- Frenchcore
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Rights
- Available under Creative Commons license; Attribution, Non-commercial, ShareAlike
Issue date
- 2005
- 1914 - 1920
- 1914/1920
- 2005
Places
- Europe, France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pas-de-Calais, Arras (inhabited place)
Identifier
- 74548114
Extent
- 1 online resource
Is part of
- http://data.theeuropeanlibrary.org/Collection/a1219
Year
- 2005
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-04-06T13:22:42.415Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:46:08.237Z