Massabielle Grotto, Catholic pilgrimage cave in Lourdes, France
The Massabielle Grotto contains a natural limestone cavity measuring 9.50 meters deep, 9.85 meters wide, and 3.80 meters high within a rock face.
In 1858, fourteen-year-old Bernadette Soubirous experienced eighteen visions of the Virgin Mary at this location, leading to the discovery of a spring.
Multiple daily processions take place at the grotto, including morning masses and evening ceremonies where visitors carry candles through the sanctuary grounds.
The grotto provides seventeen separate bathing pools for pilgrims, with six designated for men and eleven for women, maintaining a constant water temperature of 10°C.
A marble statue of the Virgin Mary, created by sculptor Joseph-Hugues Fabisch, stands in an upper cavity of the grotto where the apparitions occurred.
Location: Lourdes
Part of: Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes
GPS coordinates: 43.09754,-0.05851
Latest update: June 23, 2025 09:37
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