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city to be destroyed under their new government. The new regime was so steadfast in attempting to eliminate all forms of religion that it tore the cathedral down stone by stone. All that remained was barren wasteland that did not contain a single trace of the church's existence. In addition to the destruction of the church, the neighbouring
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on April 17, 1975. The new atheistic regime declared the country would go back to "Year Zero" and destroyed anything capitalistic, religious or evoking the colonial past. To the Khmer Rouge, the cathedral epitomized all three characteristics and, as a result, it was the first building in the capital
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outside on the church lawn. Dismantled stones from the cathedral were used to reinforce dams for paddy farming. The cathedral was one of all the seventy-three
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