THE NORMANDY TOWN OF CAEN RISES FROM ITS ASHES.—Almost eight years after the historic Normandy landings, Caen is rising again. This view P art of the new town is framed by concrete and steel of a building under construction. On the left is the restored fourteenth century Church of St. Jean. In 1944 about 9000 of Caen’s 15,000 buildings were destroyed by bombing, shelling, and enemy demolition. Now fine blocks of shops and flats, built with stone from local quarries, are going up at top speed. After dark work continues by floodlight By the end of this year about a third of Caen will be rebuilt
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Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26726, 9 May 1952, Page 5
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106THE NORMANDY TOWN OF CAEN RISES FROM ITS ASHES.—Almost eight years after the historic Normandy landings, Caen is rising again. This view Part of the new town is framed by concrete and steel of a building under construction. On the left is the restored fourteenth century Church of St. Jean. In 1944 about 9000 of Caen’s 15,000 buildings were destroyed by bombing, shelling, and enemy demolition. Now fine blocks of shops and flats, built with stone from local quarries, are going up at top speed. After dark work continues by floodlight By the end of this year about a third of Caen will be rebuilt Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26726, 9 May 1952, Page 5
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