Lourdes
(Midi-Pyrenees)
Pop: 17,000 (can accommodate 5,000,000 pilgrims annually)
Comfortably situated in the foothills of the Pyrenees
Mountains, Lourdes' quantity of hotels are said to be
exceeded only by those in Paris.
At an altitude of approximately 1,400 feet the city is
home to a major watershed, the Gave de Pau River.
Historically referred to as the shrine to the Greek
Goddess of the Underworld, Persephone, the Sanctuary of Our
Lady of Lourdes-or more commonly, the Domain-is a grotto
along the Gave de Pau containing "curative waters" that
yearly attract multitudes of Christian faithful.
Lourdes' place in the sun in Christiandom was assured as
a result of a series of apparitions featuring "Our Lady of
Lourdes" in 1858 to a 14 year old girl, Bernadette Soubirous.
Lourdes attractions
Grotte de Massabielle
Place Peyramale
Cachot (former prison)
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