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Image ID25931
TitleTientsin: The Church of the Holy Protection; Piazza Regina Elina
CollectionVirtual Tianjin
LocationTianjin
Estimated date1937-1945
Image typeColour photograph
Material form
of image		Paper
Note(s)University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Gr01-154.
Two images on one post card:
1) The Church of our Saviour was built on the east bank of the Baihe (Pei-ho) River, Tientsin (Tianjin) in 1907, in memory of the 108 Russian soldiers who perished in the Boxer Uprising.  From 1922-1925, the church was expanded and rebuilt as the Church of the Holy Protection.
2) Statue of Winged Victory, a World War One Memorial, in the Italian Concession, Tientsin (Tianjin).
Keyword(s)Grove ; architecture ; memorial ; religion
HPC referenceGr01-154
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