{"id":221,"date":"2015-02-13T14:22:14","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T14:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/?p=221"},"modified":"2015-02-13T14:22:14","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T14:22:14","slug":"lourdes-pilgrimage-destination-in-southern-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/?p=221","title":{"rendered":"Lourdes: Pilgrimage destination in Southern France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since I live close to what is often called the &#8220;Lourdes of the United States&#8221;, namely Chimayo in New Mexico, I was curious what the actual Lourdes in France looked like.<\/p>\n<p>It is located in the foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains in Southern France:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_223\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/HNI_0081.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-223\" class=\"wp-image-223 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/HNI_0081-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"HNI_0081\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/HNI_0081-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/HNI_0081-133x100.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/HNI_0081.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-223\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coming into Lourdes from the North<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_222\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/HNI_0090.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-222\" class=\"wp-image-222 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/HNI_0090-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"HNI_0090\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/HNI_0090-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/HNI_0090-133x100.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/HNI_0090.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;La Grotto&#8221; is the actual pilgrimage place &#8211; a small cave.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_224\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/HNI_0089.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-224\" class=\"wp-image-224 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/HNI_0089-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"HNI_0089\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/HNI_0089-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/HNI_0089-133x100.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/HNI_0089.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On top of the cave they built this church<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since I live close to what is often called the &#8220;Lourdes of the United States&#8221;, namely Chimayo in New Mexico, I was curious what the actual Lourdes in France looked like. 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