or half-timbering and shutters in red or green. The village also has a washhouse and a traditional Basque pelota fronton built in 1849. The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, built in the 13th century on an old fortified house, is representative of Labourdine religious architecture. It features ...
tto, which gradually took on the appearance of a chapel. In 1862, the "apparitions" were officially recognized by the Bishop of Tarbes. The Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, topped by a second church called the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, was built above the grotto. A part of the town w ...
merchants then vowed to pay homage to the Virgin every year, if the plague stopped. Since then, a solemn procession goes every year to the Basilica of Our Lady of Fourvière from the Cathedral of St. John, on September 8, the day the city was consecrated to the Virgin. In 1852, a statue of the V ...
el and the cathedrals: - Notre-Dame de Chartres - Saint-Etienne de Bourges - Notre-Dame de Reims - Notre-Dame of Amiens - Notre-Dame de Paris - Our Lady of Rouen - Notre-Dame de Strasbourg, - Saint-Etienne of Metz, - Sainte-Cécile of Albi. - Saint-Jean of Lyon In Europe, we can also me ...
s Aquilegia and the family Ranunculaceae. Native to Europe, they are known by various picturesque names such as Shepherd's Glove, Granny's Bonnet, or Our Lady's Glove. Due to their beauty, they have been adopted into gardens for a very long time, at the foot of shrubs, in beds, or in a shaded rock ...
ffers a 360-degree panoramic view. At the very top of the tower, a golden statue of the Virgin Mary watches over the inhabitants. This imposing statue of Our Lady of Aquitaine was installed at the top of the Pey-Berland Tower in 1863, replacing a spire destroyed by a violent storm. 4- It houses man ...
ce in this field, you can take advantage of the Berck Meetings to take a free piloting course or to buy your first flying machine. Visit the Church of Our Lady of the Sands The Notre-Dame-des-Sables Church, inaugurated in 1887, was built in the Berck-Plage district to meet the needs of a growing num ...
