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Lourdes (''Lorda'' in Occitan ) is a town in the Hautes-Pyrénées '' Département '' in France . It is the largest Catholic religion Pilgrimage location in France. It is situated in the southwest of the country in the foothills of the Pyrenees mountains, and has about 17,000 inhabitants. HISTORY In February 1858 , it is claimed the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to a 14-year-old girl called Bernadette Soubirous (now St. Bernadette) in the remote ''Grotto of Massabielle''. A statue of the Madonna of Lourdes was erected at the site in 1864. Soon the previous chapel structure was replaced with a pilgrimage basilica. Bernadette Soubirous entered the Monastery of Nevers in 1866 and was canonized a Saint in 1933 . SANCTUARY OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES Yearly from March to October the has officially recognised 67 miracle healings. Especially impressive are candlelight and sacrament processions. Tours from all over the world are organised to visit the Sanctuary. The pilgrimage site is visited by millions of Catholics each year. Connected with this pilgrimage is often the consumation of or bathing in the so called ''Lourdes Water'' which wells out of the Grotto - the cave in which the apparitions allegedly took place in 1858. SEE ALSO
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There is also a Church and school in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada called Our Lady Of Lourdes. EXTERNAL LINKS
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