Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy, Conques
Conques-en-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie, France Christianity
Great Romanesque pilgrimage church on the Camino route, built to receive pilgrims venerating the relics of St. Foy.
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Abbey of Gellone, Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert
Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, Hérault, Occitanie, France Christianity
Historic abbey on a major pilgrimage route, associated with St. Guilhem and medieval veneration of a relic of the True Cross.
Albi Cathedral
Albi, Tarn, Occitanie, France Christianity
Defining monument of the UNESCO-listed Episcopal City of Albi and one of Europe’s most distinctive brick Gothic cathedrals.
Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France Christianity
Monumental Romanesque pilgrimage basilica on the Via Tolosana, built around the cult and relics of Toulouse’s first bishop, St. Saturnin.
Lerab Ling
Roqueredonde, Hérault, Occitanie, France Buddhism
One of Europe’s leading centres for the study and practice of Tibetan Buddhism, founded in southern France in 1991.
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes
Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, France Christianity
One of the world’s major Catholic pilgrimage centres, associated with the 1858 Lourdes apparitions and a long medical review tradition for reported…
Sanctuary of Rocamadour
Rocamadour, Lot, Occitanie, France Christianity
Dramatic cliffside medieval sanctuary complex and one of France’s historic Marian pilgrimage centres, linked to the Black Madonna of Rocamadour.