Title

Basilica and River Gave, Lourdes, 1930s. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Basilica and River Gave, Lourdes, 1930s. The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in the town of Lourdes, France, is a destination for pilgrimage. The sick are reputed to be miraculously healed by Lourdes water. In 1858, Bernadette Soubirous, a 14-year-old peasant girl, claimed to have seen a vision of the Virgin Mary here.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Amanda Waite

Reference

HRM21A72_378

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NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

85,3Mb (4,6Mb) / 14,8in x 22,4in / 4430 x 6728 (300dpi)

Keywords

travel exterior outdoors river building buildings religious country French France religion belief faith geography church superstition Christianity shrine basilica location century pilgrimage thirties concept sanctuary B&W tourist attraction Lourdes black & white black and white B W 1930s 20th century tourism geographical feature Hautes-Pyrenees Midi-Pyrenees TGN outside photograph landscape postcard Unknown Gave de Pau Shirley Markham Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes