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General view, Lourdes, Pyrenees, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900
The Lake of Lourdes, Lourdes, Pyrenees, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900
Notre Dame from Mount Calvary, Lourdes, Pyrenees, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900
Soubirous PhotoBERNADETTE SOUBIROUS, French peasant girl of Lourdes, whose claim to have encountered Jesuss mother Mary earned her sainthood but also a lot of unwelcome attention : in 1864. Date: 1844 - 1879
The castle at Lourdes, FranceLourdes Castle, France throughout history an important military fortress in a prime geographical location. Also used as a State Prison. Date: circa 1930s
Bernadette, 1st VisionWhile gathering firewood by the river with two companions, Bernadette Soubirous has her first vision of the Virgin Mary in the grotto of Massabielle Date: 11 February 1858
Lourdes, France - View of the town and Basilica
Lourdes, France - The Hotel Moderne - run by Soubirous Freres
Lourdes, France - The Castle and the GaveLourdes, France - The Castle and the stream ( Gave )
Lourdes, France - The Lake
Lourdes - Religious processionLourdes, France - Religious procession - two lines of singing girls follow a banner of Our Lady of Lourdes
Crowd at Grotto at Lourdes, FranceThe crowd awaiting access to the Grotto at Lourdes, France
Lourdes - The Basillica and the PyreneesA panoramic view of Lourdes, France, showing the Rosary Basilica of the Sanctuary of our Lady at Lourdes and the distant mountains of the Pyrenees
Lourdes - Recitation of the rosary at the Grotto
Lourdes - Pilgrims ShelterLourdes, France - the interior of the pilgrims shelter. Believers line the interior of the building, seated in bath chairs
Nuns in charabancA group of nuns in white habits in a charabanc on their way to Lourdes, France
A Tour party to LourdesA Tour party to the grotto of our Lady at Lourdes in a large Charabanc
Car taking believers to LourdesA large car taking nine pilgrims from Gavarnie to the holy grotto at Lourdes
Description of a Lourdes cureA description on the front of a Lourdes postcard describing a cure witnessed by the author, James Gardener, sent to his daughter who was a nun
Lourdes - Splendid Hotel Beau-Sejour - somewhere for the pilgrims to stay!
France LourdesPilgrims at the grotto where Mary, mother of Jesus, appeared to Bernadette Soubirous in 1859
Lourdes ProcessionA procession at Lourdes, near the Grotto
Bureau De ConstatationsThe BUREAU DE CONSTATATIONS, where claims to have been cured are evaluated by a team of doctors
Lourdes / View in 1877Lourdes in 1877; the Basilica has been erected above the grotto, but the esplanade and the places for obtaining holy water and candles have as yet to be constructed
Oostacker-LourdesThe virgin depicted on a card from Oostacker-Lourdes, a Belgian pilgrimage site created in emulation of Lourdes
Bernadette, March VisionBernadette, accompanied by a sizeable crowd, asks the apparition who she is, and obtains the reply, I am the Immaculate Conception !
Arriving at LourdesA trainload of pilgrims arrive at Lourdes after travelling through the night : the sick are carried into the town on stretchers or in wheelchairs
Sick Pilgrims, LourdesSick pilgrims waiting in the courtyard of the hospital at Lourdes to be taken to the Grotto where, if the Virgin chooses, they will be cured
The Grotto at LourdesPilgrims gather at the Grotto where Bernadette Soubirous met the Virgin Mary : probably no other riverside rock has attracted so many visitors !
Miracle at LourdesAt Lourdes, young Marie- Therese Lepretre is suddenly cured of Potts Disease while waiting for mass in her wheeled stretcher
Grottes Du Loup, LourdesIn Les Grottes du Loup (Grotto of the Wolf) ten minutes walk from the Basilica, is a cave, The Palace of the Madonna, where a stone seems to have been carved in her likeness
Montreal / Church / 1884Church of Notre Dame de Lourdes
Lourdes Bureau 2Members of Le Bureau des Constatations Medicales consider a case under the presidency of Dr Boissarie (1836-1917) (third from right)
Vision at LourdesThe scene at the Grotte de Massabieille when Bernadette Soubirous, gathering firewood with friends, sees the figure of a young female, later identified as the Virgin
Lourdes in 1877The town in 1877; by now not only the basilica but several other buildings have been erected, but the riverbank is unspoilt and the souvenir shops have yet to come
Henri LasserreHENRI LASSERRE author of one of the earliest and most comprehensive books on Lourdes, establishing the Lourdes myth in its widely accepted form
Laurence PortraitMonseigneur LAURENCE, bishop of Tarbes, the cleric ultimately responsible for the Catholic Church in the Lourdes region at the time of Bernadettes alleged visions
Peyramale PortraitMonseigneur PEYRAMALE, the French cleric who was cure of Lourdes at the time of Bernadettes alleged visions, and had the difficult task of directing Church policy
Estrade PortraitJEAN-BAPTISTE ESTRADE French tax collector, witness to many of the events at Lourdes and author of one of the first and most important books on the subject
Cross of Pic Du JerA few stalwart pilgrims have climbed to the summit of the Pic du Jer, where a cross has been erected, overlooking Lourdes
Blessing the SickBenediction du Tres-Saint Sacrament des Malades - the Blessing of the Very Holy Sacrament of the Sick, outside the Rosary
At the PiscinesPilgrims outside les piscines - the bathing houses where the sick can plunge into the waters of the miraculous healing spring revealed by the Virgin to Bernadette
Place De LA BasiliquePilgrims make their way across the Place de la Basilique to the Basilica which the Virgin Mary commissioned to be built in her honour
Drinking the WaterPilgrims drink the water from the miraculous healing spring which the Virgin Mary revealed to Bernadette in 1858
Stations of CrossPilgrims follow the Stations of the Cross, up the hill to the Calvary
Preaching at the RosaryPreaching to pilgrims gathered in front of the Rosary Date: circa 1905
Sick are BlessedPriests bless the sick in front of the Rosary