12th-century French church partially destroyed [CC]

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The church in the French village of Saint-Martin-le-Beau sustained significant fire damage on April 17. Twenty cars near the church, whose bell tower dates to the twelfth century, were …

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lanouvellerepublique.fr/Indre-et-Loire/Actualite/Faits-divers-justice/n/Contenus/Articles/2015/04/17/Saint-Martin-le-Beau-37-l-eglise-ravagee-par-un-incendie-dans-la-nuit-2298427

The vandals are said to have placed a garbage can inside the church and set fire to it at about 2:45 a.m. local time. The entire roof either burned away or fell in. The oldest part of the church, the 12th century bell tower, was reportedly destroyed, though I haven’t found any pictures of that.
 
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