Capital of the Ruins
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Capital of the Ruins is the wartime nickname of the heavily devastated French town of Saint-Lô, reflecting the extensive destruction it suffered during World War II.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Capital of the Ruins canonical | 2 |
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | wartime nickname ⓘ |
| appliedDuring | mid-1940s ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Saint-Lô NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Allied bombing of French towns
ⓘ
Normandy campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connotation | ruin and devastation ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| describesStateOf | Saint-Lô after 1944 bombardments ⓘ |
| geographicRegion | Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | liberation of Normandy in 1944 ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | French ⓘ |
| notableFor | evoking the scale of destruction in Saint-Lô ⓘ |
| reasonForName |
extensive bombing damage
ⓘ
heavy wartime destruction ⓘ |
| refersToEvent | Battle of Saint-Lô NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| refersToPeriod | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | local remembrance and memorial culture in Saint-Lô ⓘ |
| usedAs | symbol of wartime devastation in France ⓘ |
| usedIn |
French historical narratives about World War II
ⓘ
commemorations of the destruction of Saint-Lô ⓘ |
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