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Atlas ObscuraNov 26, 2025

The Legos of the Palais de Justice in Rouen, France

Rouen's Palais de Justice is pockmarked with bullet and shell holes, the testimony of a city that bore witness to the brutal fight to liberate France from Nazi tyranny. More than 80 years later, these reminders of the city's painful past have taken on an unexpected new form. Franco-German artist Jan Vormann has “repaired” sections of the old courthouse by filling its war scars with colorful LEG…

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