The World’s Sacred Places

Sacred Places

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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.

Our Lady of Rocamadour