The construction of this grotto is particularly successful. Daylight is captured and the Madonna miraculously illuminated from above without the light shaft being immediately visible.
The Lourdes Grotto is the name given to Marian Grottoes, which are replicas of the Grotto of Massabielle near Lourdes in southern France and Our Lady of Lourdes. In 1858, …
Grotto built by the Winhart baker family in 1902 in honor of Our Lady of Lourdes. The grotto was built from tuff dripstones that came from the Winharts quarry in …