The main altar of the church in the ruins of Oradour-sur-Glane village, Haute-Vienne department, Limousin, west-central France, Europe.
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4912 x 3263 px | 41.6 x 27.6 cm | 16.4 x 10.9 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
20 July 2013Location:
Oradour-sur-Glane, Haute-Vienne department, Limousin, west-central France.More information:
The original population of Oradour-sur-Glane was destroyed on 10 June 1944, when 642 of its inhabitants, including women and children, were massacred by a German Waffen-SS company. A new village was built after the war on a nearby site but on the orders of the then French president, Charles de Gaulle, the original has been maintained as a permanent memorial and museum.