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Lourdes
Lourdes (/lʊərd/,1 also US:/lʊərdz/,23 French: [luʁd]; Occitan: Lorda [ˈluɾðɔ]) is a market town situated in the Pyrenees. It is part of the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France.4 Prior to the mid-19th century, the town was best known for its Château fort, a fortified castle that rises up from a rocky escarpment at its center.
In 1858, Lourdes rose to prominence in France and abroad due to the Marian apparitions to the peasant girl Bernadette Soubirous (later canonized a saint by the Catholic Church for her virtuous life). Shortly thereafter, the city and its Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes became among the world’s most important sites for pilgrimage and religious tourism.
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“Lourdes”. Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020. ↩
“Lourdes”. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved 22 July 2019. ↩
“Lourdes”. Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. OCLC 1032680871. Retrieved 22 July 2019. ↩
“INSEE commune file”. INSEE. Retrieved 26 September 2024. ↩
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