Lourdes
Lourdes (
Occitan name Lorda) is a town and
commune situated in the Southwest of the
Hautes-Pyrénées department, lying in the first Pyrenean foothills, in southwestern France.It is overlooked from the south by the Pyrenean peaks of Aneto, Montaigu, and Vignemale (3,298m), while around the town there are three summits reaching up to 1,000 m, which are known as the Béout, the Petit Jer and the Grand Jer.Lourdes was originally a small unremarkable
market town lying in the foothills of the Pyrenees. At that time the most prominent feature was the fortified castle which rises up from the centre of the town on a rocky escarpment. Following the claims that there were apparitions of
Our Lady of Lourdes to
Bernadette Soubirous in
1858, Lourdes has developed into a major place of
Christian pilgrimage (Mainly Catholic).
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