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Lourdes (Gascon language: Lord) is the most visited Catholic pilgrimage site in the world, located in south-western France in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées. The city is. 15,000 inhabitants (2003).

The town lies at the foothills of the Pyrenees, at an altitude of 420 m above nm, being crossed by the river Gave de Pau. The town is a museum with exhibits of the Protestant religion and the paintings of Franz Schrader French painter, cartographer and student of nineteenth-century Pyrenean mountains. Lourdes is located south of the tip Pic Schrader (3177 m).

In 1858 after Bernadette Soubirous is said to be seen near the "Grotta Massabielle" several times on the Virgin Mary as an appearance as a woman dressed in white. Women in developing then introduced himself as the "Immaculate Conception" (Latin Immaculate conceptio). After this shooting water from a spring in the grotto, Bernadette and the Virgin instructed to Soubrious founded a church there. Today the church is one of the most important places of pilgrimage for Christians, Catholics, spring giving the miraculous powers of healing diseases as thousands of testimonies. Bernadette Soubrious on December 8, 1933 is declared sacred and is now rot in the convent of Neves.



Lourdes | Lourdes (Gascon language: Lord) is the most visited Catholic pilgrimage site in the world, located in south-western France in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées. The city is. 15,000 inhabitants (2003).

The town lies at the foothills of the Pyrenees, at an altitude of 420 m above nm, being crossed by the river Gave de Pau

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Hotel Residence Foch, Lourdes

Hotel Residence Foch

Lourdes, Midi Pyrenees, France

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    Atrium, Lourdes

    Atrium

    Lourdes, Midi Pyrenees, France

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      Ariane

      Lourdes, Midi Pyrenees, France

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      Quality Hotel Alliance Lourdes, Lourdes

      Quality Hotel Alliance Lourdes

      Lourdes, Midi Pyrenees, France

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      Vesuvio, Lourdes

      Vesuvio

      Lourdes, Midi Pyrenees, France

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        Hotel Bw Beausejour, Lourdes

        Hotel Bw Beausejour

        Lourdes, Midi Pyrenees, France

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        Hotel Esplanade Eden, Lourdes

        Hotel Esplanade Eden

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        Quality Hotel Christina Lourdes, Lourdes

        Quality Hotel Christina Lourdes

        Lourdes, Midi Pyrenees, France

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        America, Lourdes

        America

        Lourdes, Midi Pyrenees, France

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          Hotel D Espagne Lourdes, Lourdes

          Hotel D Espagne Lourdes

          Lourdes, Midi Pyrenees, France

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            Hotel Residence La Closeraie, Lourdes

            Hotel Residence La Closeraie

            Lourdes, Midi Pyrenees, France

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              Croix Des Bretons, Lourdes

              Croix Des Bretons

              Lourdes, Midi Pyrenees, France

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              Villa Mariale By Popinns, Lourdes

              Villa Mariale By Popinns

              Lourdes, Midi Pyrenees, France

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              Gloria Et Avenue, Lourdes

              Gloria Et Avenue

              Lourdes, Midi Pyrenees, France

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                Aneto, Lourdes

                Aneto

                Lourdes, Midi Pyrenees, France

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                Agena, Lourdes

                Agena

                Lourdes, Midi Pyrenees, France

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                De Lisieux Hotel, Lourdes

                De Lisieux Hotel

                Lourdes, Midi Pyrenees, France

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                Acadia, Lourdes

                Acadia

                Lourdes, Midi Pyrenees, France

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                  De Paris, Lourdes

                  De Paris

                  Lourdes, Midi Pyrenees, France

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                  Hotel Stella, Lourdes

                  Hotel Stella

                  Lourdes, Midi Pyrenees, France

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                    Hotel Citotel De La Vallee, Lourdes

                    Hotel Citotel De La Vallee

                    Lourdes, Midi Pyrenees, France

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                      Acropolis, Lourdes

                      Acropolis

                      Lourdes, Midi Pyrenees, France

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                        Hotel Montfort, Lourdes

                        Hotel Montfort

                        Lourdes, Midi Pyrenees, France

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                          Notre Dame De France, Lourdes

                          Notre Dame De France

                          Lourdes, Midi Pyrenees, France

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                            Best Western Beausejour, Lourdes

                            Best Western Beausejour

                            Lourdes, Midi Pyrenees, France

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