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How the National Gallery hid its paintings in Manod mine

A B2 Ukrainian reading about how London's National Gallery moved its collection to the Manod slate mine in Wales during the Second World War.

Картини в сланцевій шахті Манод

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Ukrainian verbs of transport and movement in a historical narrative: перевезли на невикористовувану станцію метро Олдвіч; відправити картини кораблем до Канади; яким маршрутом везти картини; Полотна перевозили вантажівками; щоб усередину пройшли найбільші картини; щоб переміщувати картини; повернули до Лондона.

During the Second World War the National Gallery moved its paintings by truck to the disused Manod slate mine in Wales, adapted it for storage and returned the collection to London after 1945.

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