France, Meurthe et Moselle, Fey en Haye, Exaltation de la Sainte Croix (exaltation of the Holly Cross) church rebuilt between 1923 and 1924 by the Coo

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France, Meurthe et Moselle, Fey en Haye, Exaltation de la Sainte Croix (exaltation of the Holly Cross) church rebuilt between 1923 and 1924 by the Cooperative de Reconstruction des Eglises du Diocese de Nancy in neogothic style by architect Jules Criqui, also named Croix des Carmes (Cross of the Carmes) to remember the battle of Bois le Pretre during which french soldiers brought back a wooden cross into their lines so that it woudn't be taken by the Germans, stained glass window made in 1923 by master glassmaker from Nancy Jacques Gruber which represents a cross in memory of two priests who died during the battle

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