Grande Chartreuse
Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France Christianity
Mother monastery of the Carthusian Order, founded by St. Bruno and six companions in 1084 in the Chartreuse mountains.
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Chapel of Saint-Michel d’Aiguilhe
Aiguilhe, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France Christianity
Exceptional pilgrimage chapel perched on a volcanic plug near Le Puy, founded in the 10th century and dedicated to St. Michael.
Le Puy Cathedral
Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France Christianity
Historic Marian pilgrimage cathedral and one of the principal French starting points of the Camino de Santiago, especially the Via Podiensis.
Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière
Lyon, Métropole de Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France Christianity
Major Marian sanctuary overlooking Lyon, combining pilgrimage, active Catholic worship and a distinctive 19th-century basilica.
Sanctuary of Ars
Ars-sur-Formans, Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France Christianity
Major Catholic pilgrimage sanctuary preserving the memory, house, relics and tomb of St. John Vianney, the Curé of Ars.
Sanctuary of Our Lady of La Salette
La Salette-Fallavaux, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France Christianity
High-altitude Marian pilgrimage sanctuary associated with a reported 1846 apparition to two shepherd children.