OUR LADY OF ROCAMADOUR SHRINE
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This sanctuary has been visited by pilgrims from all over the world for almost a thousand years.
For almost a thousand years, the sanctuary of Notre-Dame de Rocamadour has attracted pilgrims from all over the world. At the center of this devotion is a small statue of the Black Madonna, to whom all the faithful converge. Clinging to the rock face of the Alzou canyon, the town of Rocamadour seems to emerge from the landscape. It reveals itself like an open book, recounting a page of human and spiritual history, against a backdrop of verdant hillsides. The first sanctuary dedicated to Notre-Dame existed long before the 10th century, bordering this majestic canyon. In 1616, the discovery of the body of a hermit, identified as Saint Amadour, helped make the site a major pilgrimage site, frequented by the whole of Christendom, and an essential stopover on the route to Santiago de Compostela. Famous figures such as St. Bernard, St. Dominic, St. Louis, his mother Blanche of Castile, and Henry II Plantagenet came to worship here. In the 13th century, chapels were built to enlarge the sanctuary, and the castle was fortified. The pilgrimage reached its apogee in the 14th century, before being devastated by the Wars of Religion. It wasn't until the 19th century that it was revived by Abbé Caillau and Father Pierre Bonhomme, founder of the Sœurs de Notre-Dame du Calvaire de Gramat in the Lot region of France. In 1853, the Virgin of Rocamadour was one of the first to be crowned in France. In 1936, musician Francis Poulenc found faith here and converted to Catholicism.
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Mention spéciale pour l'accès handicapé avec l'ascenseur incliné menant du haut de Rocamadour avec le rempart et le château jusqu'au niveau du sanctuaire Notre-Dame de Rocamadour