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Preferred term

Roadside shrines  

Definition

  • Spontaneous memorials, usually consisting of flowers, candles, photographs, stuffed animals or other items, at the site, or at a stand-in site, of an accidental or other violent death; in some countries, may be more or less permanent shrines erected in thanksgiving for some benefit, such as surviving an accident

Entry terms

  • Memorials, roadside
  • Roadside memorials
  • Shrines, roadside

Notation

  • 119954

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-HVQT6B4S-3

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