Roermond
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Love Across the Divide: The 1888 Roermond Grave Monument That Defied Religious Segregation
Two stone hands clasp across a cemetery wall in Roermond, Netherlands, immortalizing an 1888 mixed-marriage love story that defied strict religious segregation even in death.
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The Clasped Hands of Roermond: How Love Outspanned a Sectarian Wall
Standing on opposite sides of a high brick wall in Roermond, Netherlands, the 1888 grave monuments of a Protestant colonel and his Catholic noble wife reach across the sectarian divide to clasp hands for eternity.