Ermitage Saint-Antoine de Galamus, Cliffside hermitage in Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet, France.

The Ermitage Saint-Antoine de Galamus stands at 376 m altitude in the Gorges de Galamus, below the D7 road between Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet and Cubières-sur-Cinoble. A two-storey stone building with a pitched terracotta-tiled roof and two small rectangular windows is built against a pale grey rock cliff; a lower stone structure with a doorway and window adjoins it to the right. Scaffolding with a blue-grey canopy wraps a section directly beneath the tiled-roof building, and green vegetation grows around the lowest level.

The site is first documented in the 15th century, when Franciscan monks turned the cave into a chapel and built a hermitage beside it. In 1782 the end of a suette epidemic in Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet was credited to Saint Anthony's protection. Deserted after the Revolution, it was restored from 1843 by the Franciscan priest Marie-Joseph Chiron, known as Père Marie, who lived there for some years.

Pilgrimages are held on Easter Monday and Whit Monday, when the hermitage in the Galamus gorges receives the faithful. The site long kept relics of the Holy Cross, of Saint Victoria and, later, of Father Francisco Palau y Quer, who died in 1872 and was beatified in 1988. In 1782 the end of a suette epidemic in Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet was attributed to Saint Anthony's protection.

Access to the hermitage is available from Easter through mid-November and requires approximately a 30-minute walk from the Belvedere parking area. Wear sturdy shoes and allow extra time to complete the climb and explore the surroundings on foot.

The site served as a filming location for Dai Sijie's 1989 film Chine ma douleur, which won the Prix Jean-Vigo, and for Roman Polanski's 1998 The Ninth Gate. The hermitage also once kept relics of the Holy Cross, of Saint Victoire and later of Father Francisco Palau y Quer, who died in 1872 and was beatified in 1988.