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Title	Ruins of the Arras Cathedral
Image rights	Digital image © 2007, Tennessee State Library & Archives. All rights reserved.
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Subjects	World War, 1914-1918 Ruins War destruction & pillage Cathedrals
Description	Ruins of the Arras Cathedral.
Date	ca. 1918
Type	IMAGE
Digital format	TIFF
ID#	33146
Collection name	Karl Kleeman World War I Photographs
Place	Arras (France)
Historical note	Arras, France, was greatly damaged by German bombardments early in the Great War. British writer Arnold Bennett visited the site and wrote extensively about the ruins in his book "Over There; War Scenes on the Western Front" published around 1915. He; wrote that "Arras Cathedral is the most majestic and striking ruin at the Front. It is superlatively well placed on an eminence by itself, and its dimensions are tremendous…The pale simplicity of its enormous lines and surfaces renders it better suited
Accession number	2006-059
Owning Institution	Tennessee State Library & Archives
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