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Saint-Pierre | Cell of Ludger Sylbaris |
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A pyroclastic flow from Montagne Pelée completely destroyed Saint-Pierre in 1902, claiming 29,000 lives. One of the two survivors spent the time of the disaster in this jail cell, which was very well protected from the impact.
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- Created
- on Wednesday 20 February 2019 by Martin Mergili
- Region
- Keywords
- hazard impact, mirror of the past, ruin, volcanism
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- 4620 visits, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED license