Porte St-Joseph

Lourdes


By evening or early morning (when the Porte St-Michel is closed), this is the most convenient access to the sanctuary.


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1. Porte St-Michel

0.01 MILES

This gate into the sanctuary is the first you'll reach when approaching from across the river (where you'll find the majority of lodging and dining…

2. Sanctuaires Notre Dame de Lourdes

0.08 MILES

The spiritual centre of Lourdes is the subterranean grotto where Bernadette Soubirous is believed to have experienced her visions in 1858. From the Porte…

4. Porte de la Crypte

0.13 MILES

Connects the Basilique Supérieure with the Chemin de Croix (Way of the Cross).

6. Grotte de Massabielle

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Underneath the soaring spires of the Basilique Supérieure is the fabled Grotte de Massabielle, where people queue for hours to enter and take a blessed…

7. Château Fort

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Lourdes’ imposing castle stands on a sheer hill just behind the town. There’s been a stronghold here since Roman times, but the present building combines…

8. Moulin de Boly

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Bernadette was born in this millhouse on 7 January 1844, one year after the marriage of her parents Louise Castérot and François Soubirous. She lived here…