SHRINE DEMOLISHED
SOVIET BLOW AGAINST RELIGION IBERIAN VIRGIN LAID LOW (United P.A. —By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian and N-Z. Press Association) Reed. 10.55 a.m. MOSCOW, Tuesday. Working secretly overnight behind hoardings, Soviet workmen demolished the famous shrine of the Iberian Virgin at the Iberian Gate, where the Tsars and all classes have worshipped for 260 years. Only a blackened spot remained in the morning. It is regarded as the Soviet's most sensational blow against religion.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 729, 31 July 1929, Page 9
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74SHRINE DEMOLISHED Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 729, 31 July 1929, Page 9
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