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| Keywords: Lisbon1755hangingdetail.JPG Lisbon in the aftermath of the 1755 earthquake showing persons being hanged in the presence of priests and military officials One priest is holding a crucifix one possibly a prayer book so they could be giving last rites to the persons being hanged General crime and mayhem occurs nearby In his The Lisbon Earthquake in 1755 The First Modern Disaster University of Delaware Disaster Research Center Dept of Sociology and Criminal Justice 2003 Russell R Dynes states Security became an issue It is reported that gallows were set up in several parts of the city as a warning against looting It was also noted that at least 34 were executed for looting Others executed were murderers and arsonists This is a close-up from The Ruins of Lisbon a 1755 German engraving Courtesy of the National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering NISEE University of California Berkeley with permission permitted under the terms of non-profit sharing agreement Jan Kozak collection Original in Museu da Cidade Lisbon Transferred from http //en wikipedia org en wikipedia 2005-02-19 Original uploader was Sandover at http //en wikipedia org en wikipedia PD-ART PD-old-100 original upload log page en wikipedia Lisbon1755hangingdetail JPG 2005-02-19 06 42 Sandover 420×256×8 38459 bytes <nowiki>Lisbon 1755 aftermath - detail</nowiki> Lisbon earthquake of 1755 Hanging in art 18th-century engravings Anointing of the Sick Catholic Church | ||||
