Grotto at Lourdes

The grotto at Lourdes was the scene of several Marian apparitions in 1858. In 1864, a statue (upper right corner of the picture) was erected on the spot where Mary appeared to 14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous, according to her depiction. In the following years, Lourdes developed into a place of pilgrimage that has attracted millions of pilgrims, including many who are sick. They hope that the spring water of the cave will heal them as a miraculous cure.

Grotto at Lourdes, color photography, 2014, photographer: José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro; source: Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grotto_of_Lourdes_-_Lourdes_2014_(3).JPG,  Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en.