Sancturaires Notre-Dame de Lourdes

The Notre-Dame de Lourdes Sanctuaries is the largest center of French Catholic pilgrimage since Bernadette Soubirous saw a Lady declaring to be the Immaculate Conception four years after the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception by Pope Pius IX.

The sanctuaries include the cave, the site of the apparitions, the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, the Basilica of the Rosary, the approaches to the Gave, an esplanade, the Basilica of St. Pius X, a prairie, a reception for the sick, fountains , The swimming pools, the church of St. Bernadette, a monumental way of the cross and many service buildings. The main elements of this 52-hectare complex (including the three basilicas and the Esplanade du Rosaire) are located on the left bank of the Gave de Pau, which loops at the Saint-Michel bridge, but the domain extends Also largely on the right bank downstream of this bridge.