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dc.contributor.otherPower, Daviden_IE
dc.coverage.spatialInternationalen_IE
dc.coverage.temporal2014-06-09en_IE
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-22T02:00:33Z-
dc.date.available2014-08-22T02:00:33Z-
dc.date.issued1915-01-17en_IE
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10599/11143-
dc.descriptionFrench postcard showing the toppled Blessed Virgin statue atop the basilica in Albert, France. The statue was hit by German artillery on the 17th of January 1915. A superstition grew up that the war would end only when the statue finally fell. In 1918, the Germans advanced into Albert during their Spring Offensive. The British, fearing the tower could be used as a vantage point by snipers, used artillery to topple the statue and what remained of the steeple.en_IE
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dc.languageEnglishen_IE
dc.language.isoEnglishen_IE
dc.rightsIf you wish to reproduce this image please contact South Dublin Libraries Local Studies, County Library, Tallaght, or e-mail localstudies@sdublincoco.ie.en_IE
dc.subjectWWIen_IE
dc.subjectFirst World Waren_IE
dc.subjectWorld War Oneen_IE
dc.subjectAlbert Basilicaen_IE
dc.subjectVirgin Maryen_IE
dc.subjectWar Destructionen_IE
dc.subjectGreat Waren_IE
dc.titleFrench postcard showing the toppled Blessed Virgin statue atop the basilica in Albert, France.en_IE
dc.typeImageen_IE
dc.internal.visibility1en_IE
dc.coverage.latitude50.001323en_IE
dc.coverage.longitude2.651747en_IE
dc.rights.allowmp3downloadYesen_IE
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