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L’église en ruine d’Ablain-Saint-Nazaire

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L’église en ruine d’Ablain-Saint-Nazaire

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    August 8, 2023

    You can visit these magnificent remains of a ruined church. It was a victim of artillery bombardment during the First World War.

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      Historical interpretation: Ablain-Saint-Nazaire has two churches. In the center of the city, 2,000 people were born in the Nieuwe Kerk, and they were placed at the end of the bid, which was the interwar period. The remaining parts of the outer wall are no longer destroyed. A flamboyant work of art, created by Jacques Le Caron, architect of the famous Belfry of Arras. It was born in the 16th century by Charles de Bourbon-Carency, he was on the board, he was blessed with wild tones in Saint Nazaire who was born with the genesis of his daughter. Ablain is strategically located at the foot of the Notre-Dame-de-Lorette plateau. The Germans were released in October 1914. From France we can see what happened when we visited Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, the same thing happened with Vimy in Arras and in another Lens that dominated the world.
      The horrors of war and the dangers of reconstruction

      On May 9, 1915, the French attacked after six days of bombardment. If you don't know what you're doing, don't worry about your success. Now you can see that the 102,000 people who remained at Vimy Ridge are worth it. Carency in Ablain, recaptured at the same time as Lorette, is in ruins, including the Saint-Nazaire church.

      At the end of the conflict, the Historical Monuments Commission, which classified this church in 1908, decided not to rebuild it: “These moving ruins must be preserved as a witness to German vandalism. » From Ablainois we have some of the English we have had to deal with; they understood that the state did not want to bear the costs of repairing the destroyed church. In 1922, the congregation was new to you as it grew into the stadium. Until its completion in 1932, it was a barracks submitted by the Canadians that served as a temporary prayer room.

      As for the Old Church, which was in danger of collapsing, the Historical Monuments consolidated its ruins in 1983. They thus continue to bear witness to the horrors of the war and the dangers of reconstruction.
      Source: ablainstnazaire-org.translate.goog/la-vieille-eglise/?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=nl&_x_tr_hl=nl&_x_tr_pto=sc

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        very beautiful ruin to see absolutely 🤩🤩

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