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Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto Breivelde

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Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto Breivelde

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Location: Zottegem, Aalst, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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1. Ducks on the Pond – Mirror Pond, Domain Breivelde loop from Grotenberge

8.08km

02:06

50m

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2. Breivelde Park Walking Route – Mirror Pond, Domain Breivelde loop from Grotenberge

11.7km

03:02

70m

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3. Breivelde Park Walking Route – Mirror Pond, Domain Breivelde loop from Bevegem

20.2km

05:14

130m

Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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DirkWi

November 1, 2023

This Lourdes cave belongs to the Franciscan monastery (since 1875) that is located behind the Sint-Pieters-Banden and Sint-Berlindis churches. The cave was built on the initiative of August De Rouck, who lived in the country house on the Breivelde Domain and was also one of the most important financiers of the construction of the church.

The cave is a beautiful example of so-called cement rustic as it was applied to places of pilgrimage.

The entrance gate in the brick wall is trimmed with rockwork. On the ground floor there is a small chapel whose walls and ceiling are covered with imitation of rockwork and stalactites and where a door next to the altar gives access to the monastery. Above this chapel is an artificial 'mountain' with rockwork, largely hidden behind busy vegetation, with a statue of Our Lady in a niche and in front of it a statue of a kneeling Bernadette.

On the right wall in the chapel hang a number of ex-votos, objects that serve as a support for supplication and/or as a thank you to God or a saint for a favor received.

Source: inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/208919

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Elevation 130 m

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Location: Zottegem, Aalst, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto Breivelde

1. Ducks on the Pond – Mirror Pond, Domain Breivelde loop from Grotenberge

2. Breivelde Park Walking Route – Mirror Pond, Domain Breivelde loop from Grotenberge

3. Breivelde Park Walking Route – Mirror Pond, Domain Breivelde loop from Bevegem

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