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Resurrection

2009.02.22
Ypres, 1917

As close as I could get to the same view, last weekend.

A wonderful symbol of the endurance of the human spirit. This is the Cloth Hall in the centre of Ypres (Ieper) which was utterly destroyed by bombardment in World War 1. There was talk at the time by allied politicians of leaving the city in ruins as an everlasting memorial but the inhabitants just ignored the politicians, came home and started to rebuild. And slowly but surely they returned their city to the beauty it was.
14 Comments
dontblink Wow. Great post. Very interesting to see the old picture. A beautiful Building.
dontblink · 2009-02-22: 08:13
gonia the theme of 1 st WW is not v.popular in my country and to say more,I was always v.lazy with learning history, but your pictures make me thinking and reading smth more about it. Thanks a lot Davids!
gonia · 2009-02-22: 08:22
kimkadabra An amazing resurrection!
kimkadabra · 2009-02-22: 08:30
Widcat People will rebuild. Thanks for the historical photo. I love the Coventry Cathedral for the same reason...with the ruins existing next to the rebuilt church.
Widcat · 2009-02-22: 09:46
DancingDolphin Good for them! So often these beautiful places have been torn down... thanks for sharing!
DancingDolphin · 2009-02-22: 10:07
eljapa Very interesting post..
eljapa · 2009-02-22: 12:29
peregol Beautiful post!!
peregol · 2009-02-22: 14:57
escipio Thank you for adding the 1917 photo to your post - being a History student, it makes it all the more interesting!
escipio · 2009-02-22: 17:51
betsymurphy Wonderful images of the human spirit!
betsymurphy · 2009-02-22: 18:30
redro Amazing parallel in images. I'm glad that they rebuilt it.
redro · 2009-02-22: 21:25
jet28 Fantastic contrast - love the lines of men in the first and windows in the second :-)
jet28 · 2009-02-23: 03:09
elenitri the magic of photography in this set... fantastic!
elenitri · 2009-02-23: 11:51
girafferacing Wonderful contrast. Reminds me of Coventry Cathedral, except there they kept the ruins and built a new Cathedral next door.
girafferacing · 2009-02-23: 15:16
keeyo Well done - very clever..!
keeyo · 2009-02-25: 16:47
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