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Angel window (Explored)

Inside Saint-Côme-Saint-Damien. The church in the village Angoville-au-Plain, Normandy, France. The church has a Gothic finish, but it was founded in the 11th century and Romanesque details can still be seen.

 

What can also still be seen today, is the fact that the church was used as an aide station by the America military during the Battle of Normandy in June of 1944, treating some 80 people. The blood is still visible in some of the church pews (though, of course not, visible in this shot). Many of the church windows have been replaced with modern ones commemorating this fact, like this one with an angel under a red cross.

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Uploaded on February 9, 2025
Taken on May 21, 2011