6 Sights in Lourdes, France (with Map and Images)
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Explore interesting sights in Lourdes, France. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 6 sights are available in Lourdes, France.
Sightseeing Tours in LourdesActivities in Lourdes1. Domaine du sanctuaire de Lourdes
The sanctuary of Notre-Dame de Lourdes or Sanctuary of Lourdes is a Catholic sanctuary and a place of Marian pilgrimage located in Lourdes, in the Hautes-Pyrénées, in France. It is made up of several buildings and places of prayer on the site of the Marian appearances of Lourdes in 1858, during which the young Lourdaise Bernadette Soubirous says she saw several times a lady identified as the Virgin Mary, appearances recognized in 1862 by the Catholic Church.
2. Grotte de Massabielle
The Grotto of Massabielle or Massabieille, better known by the generic name of the Grotto of Lourdes, is a Catholic pilgrimage site located in Lourdes, in the French department of Hautes-Pyrénées. It was in this cave that, in 1858, Bernadette Soubirous said she had seen 18 apparitions of the Virgin Mary and had discovered, on the indications she had given her, a spring whose water has since been considered miraculous by believers.
3. Basilique de l'Immaculée Conception
The Basilica of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, known widely as the "Upper Church", is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica within the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France. Constructed between 1862 and 1871 and consecrated in 1876, it was the second of the churches to be completed. The church was built on top of the rock above the Grotto and next to the Basilica of our Lady of the Rosary.
Wikipedia: Basilica of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception (EN)
4. Château-fort de Lourdes
The château fort de Lourdes is a historic castle located in Lourdes in the Hautes-Pyrénées département of France. It is strategically placed at the entrance to the seven valleys of the Lavedan. Since 1933, it has been listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.
5. Minor Basilica of St. Pius X
The Basilica of Saint Pius X in Lourdes, in the French department of Hautes-Pyrénées, is a Roman Catholic basilica inaugurated in 1958 on the centenary of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to Bernadette Soubirous. It is dedicated to Pope Pius X.
6. Basilique Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire
The Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica within the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France. Its main theme is a celebration and depiction of the Rosary.
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