Cross of Nails

In Coventry a wooden cross and a cross of nails were created after the Coventry Cathedral was bombed during World War. The cathedral stonemason, Jock Forbes, saw two wooden beams lying in the shape of a cross and tied them together, this is the wooden cross. Another cross was made of three nails from the roof truss of the cathedral by Provost Richard Howard, this is the cross of nails.

The cross of nails has become a symbol of peace and reconciliation across the world. There are over 160 Cross of Nails Centres all over the world, all of them bearing a cross made of three nails from the ruins of the Coventry Cathedral, similar to the original one. One of the crosses made of nails from the Coventry Cathedral was donated to the
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin on January 7, 1987.

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• Text: Mia van den Berg & STIWOT
• Photos: Mia van den Berg