Saint-Joseph, Le Havre

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The inside of the church spire
The inside of the church spire

Saint-Joseph, Le Havre is a 107-metre tall church in Le Havre, France. Construction on the church began in 1951, and ended in 1957. Some interpret its gloomy, neo-Gothic interior as a memorial to the five thousand civilians who died in Le Havre during a Nazi siege.[1]

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  1. ^ Andrew Saint, "In Le Havre". London Review of Books, 6 February 2003.
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