alb3823003

WWI, Reims Cathedral

On September 4, 1914, a month after the beginning of WWI, the German army entered Reims. It was pushed back but it took refuge in the surrounding fortresses, and started bombardment. On September 20, 1914 the Notre-Dame de Reims (Our Lady of Reims) German shellfire burned, damaged and destroyed important parts of the cathedral. Scaffolding around the north tower caught fire, spreading the blaze to all parts of the carpentry superstructure. The lead of the roofs melted and poured through the stone gargoyles, destroying in turn the bishop's palace. Images of the cathedral in ruins were used during the war as propaganda images by the French against the Germans and their deliberate destruction of buildings rich in national and cultural heritage. No date available.

Share
Pinterest
Twitter
Facebook
Copy link
Email

Add to another lightbox

Do you already have an account? Sign in

You do not have an account? Register

Buy this image. Select the use:

Title:

WWI, Reims Cathedral

Caption:

On September 4, 1914, a month after the beginning of WWI, the German army entered Reims. It was pushed back but it took refuge in the surrounding fortresses, and started bombardment. On September 20, 1914 the Notre-Dame de Reims (Our Lady of Reims) German shellfire burned, damaged and destroyed important parts of the cathedral. Scaffolding around the north tower caught fire, spreading the blaze to all parts of the carpentry superstructure. The lead of the roofs melted and poured through the stone gargoyles, destroying in turn the bishop's palace. Images of the cathedral in ruins were used during the war as propaganda images by the French against the Germans and their deliberate destruction of buildings rich in national and cultural heritage. No date available.

Credit:

Album / Science Source / New York Public Library

Releases:

Model: No - Property: No
Rights questions?

Image size:

2948 x 3963 px | 33.4 MB

Print size:

25.0 x 33.6 cm | 9.8 x 13.2 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1ST WORLD WAR • 20 XX TWENTIETH CENTURY • 20TH CENTURY • 20TH • ARMED FORCES • ARMIES ARMY • ARMIES • ARMY • BOMBARDE (MUSICAL INSTRUMENT) • BOMBARDEMENT • BOMBARDING • BOMBARDMENT • BOMBER • BOMBING • BW • CATHOLIC • CELEBRITIES • CELEBRITY • DAMAGED • DESTROYED • DESTRUCTION • EVENT • EVENTS • FAMOUS PEOPLE • FAMOUS • FIRST WORLD WAR • FRANCE • GERMAN • GERMANS • GLOBAL WAR • GREAT WAR • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HUNDRED YEARS WAR • IMPORTANT • INTERIOR • MALE • MAN • MEN • MILITARY • NOTABLE • NOTRE DAME DE REIMS • NOTRE-DAME DE REIMS • OUR LADY OF REIMS • OUR LADY OF RHEIMS • PHOTO • PHOTOGRAPH • REIMS CATHEDRAL • REIMS • RHEIMS CATHEDRAL • RHEIMS • ROMAN CATHOLIC • SHELL-FIRE • SHELLFIRE • TWENTIETH CENTURY • WAR • WARFARE • WARS • WELL-KNOWN • WESTERN FRONT • WORLD WAR I (1914-18) • WORLD WAR I • WORLD WAR ONE • WW1 • WWI