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Manod Quarry

Near Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd

Where Britain's greatest paintings hid from Hitler inside a mountain.

In 1940, the National Gallery's paintings needed a safe hiding place from German bombs. Churchill said: 'Hide them in caves and cellars, but not one picture shall leave this island.'

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When
1941–1945
Where
52.9800, -3.9050
Group
Secret bunkers & war sites

Visiting

The quarry is private. Blaenau's Llechwedd slate caverns show what the caverns are like.

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