The Town of San Gimignano, Italy 1944
The eleventh-century hill-top town of San Gimignano, near Siena, Italy, prior to July 1944. Later that month the Illustrated London News reported that a German artillery bombardment, starting on the 13th July and lasting 30 hours, had reduced the town to ruins
Picture No
10219812
Media ID
45994406
Size
5355px x 4254px
(3.8MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph in The Illustrated London News', 22 July 1944, page 103
Date
1944
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