Rue de la Bourse, Lille, France


Many of the buildings in this vicinity still bear the scars for the Austrian siege of 1792. Embedded cannon balls and gunshot holes are common place and are proudly preserved.


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Location: Lille, France
Photo credit: © K J Bennett / Alamy / Afripics
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