Coventry Cathedral

In 1940 ,Coventry was bombed by the Germans and was pretty much leveled. In fact, the Germans began using the term "To coventrate" after they bombed Coventry as meaning "to blast the heck out of a place" They still have the ruins of the Cathedral standing and they have built a new one beside it.The ruins

A cross was erected at the altar from the burned beams of the cathedral