Picture No | 10694142 |
Date | 1915 |
Description | Protecting Architectural Treasures, France, WW1 |
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Amiens cathedral's entrance protected by vast walls of sand bags during the First World War. All France's cathedrals near the Western Front were similarly protected.
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Source | Photograph in The Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News, 9 October 1915 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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