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A
photochrom
print of Royal Avenue in
Belfast
,
Northern Ireland
, from the 1890s. In the 19th century,
Belfast became
Ireland
's pre-eminent industrial city, and saw an influx of immigration, made up of mostly
Catholics
into a predominantly
Protestant
city.
Sectarian
tensions remained high throughout the years, with no major incidents having taken place since 1998's
Belfast Agreement
.
Image:
Detroit Publishing Co.
; Restoration:
Lise Broer
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