Lourdes Grotto
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The Lourdes grotto (IPA: [ˈlʊʁtˌɡʁɔtə], audio file / audio sample Lourdes grotto? / I) is the name given to the Marian grottoes, which are replicas of the Grotto of Massabielle near Lourdes in southern France and of Our Lady of Lourdes. According to her own statements, St. Bernadette saw Our Lady in this grotto in 1858. In place of the apparitions of Mary, a Madonna figure adorns the grotto, the original of which Joseph-Hugues Fabisch created for Massabielle in 1864 according to Bernadette's instructions.
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•December 18, 2020
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