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St. Lo (Saint Lo)
· Common clues: Normandy battle site
· Crossword puzzle frequency: 6 times a year
Saint-Lô is a city and commune of France, the préfecture (capital) of the Manche département, in Normandy. Population (1999): 20,090.
In the past called Briovère, the city is built on, and around ramparts. Saint-Lô was almost totally destroyed during the Battle of Normandy in World War II, earning the nickname of the Capital of the Ruins.
As partial reparations for the destruction of the city, Americans established the hospital memorial, where one can see a fresco by Fernand Léger.
In literature Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon fictionalises the event of the discovery by American soldiers of stockpiles of Champagne in the caves under the rocky outcrop on which the walled city sits.
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