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€180million facelift for WW1 bombarded French basilica
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€180million facelift for WW1 bombarded French basilica
Notre-Dame de Brebières basilica in the Somme was hit by 2,000 bombs but its golden statue held true to prophecies not to fall until the war ended
2 March 2021
The Basilica remains an important pilgrimage site and is visited by 60,000 people every year, not counting congregations at Mass.By Samantha David
Notre-Dame de Brebières, the neo-Byzantine Basilica in Albert (in the Somme department, half an hour north-east of Amiens) was built in 1885-1897, but totally destroyed in the First World War. It is said that 2,000 shells fell on the church.
It was an event that was never meant to happen again.
Tested for the first time in adverse conditions, their successful deployment kept the historic centre dry for the first time in the city s history. It meant that the devastating floods of 2019 which caused more than $1 billion worth of damage to the city should be a thing of the past.
Venice was flooded on December 8 after the MOSE flood barriers were not activated.(ANDREA PATTARO/AFP via Getty Images)
In the two months since its introduction, at the start of what would traditionally be the flooding season, the barrier system, known as MOSE, has been successfully activated five times including for a three-day period last week.