Lourdes

Lourdes (matamshi: [luʀd]) ni mji mdogo (wakazi 15,000) chini ya milima ya Pirenei nchini Ufaransa. Inatembelewa na watu zaidi ya milioni 5 kwa mwaka kutoka na njozi za mwaka 1858, ambazo Kanisa Katoliki limethibitisha kwamba kweli Bikira Maria alimtokea msichana Bernadeta Soubirous . Kanisa hilo limethibitisha pia miujiza 70 iliyotokana na maombezi ya Bikira Maria kuwa haielezeki kisayansi. Tanbihi INSEE commune file Marejeo Collectif, Lourdes de la Préhistoire à nos jours, Musée Pyrénéen, 1987. Laurence Catinot-Crost, Autrefois Lourdes, Éditions Atlantica, 2005. Sébastien Barrère, Petite histoire de Lourdes, Cairn, 2014. Viungo vya nje The Official Website of the Lourdes Sanctuaries Lourdes 2008 Archived 2007-03-15 at the Library of Congress Web Archives, Official site for the 150th anniversary of the apparitions Lourdes, by Robert Hugh Benson, 1914, from Project Gutenberg Catholic Association UK Ilihifadhiwa 4 Julai 2008 kwenye Wayback Machine., details more information on Lourdes. "Notre-Dame de Lourdes" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. [1] Ilihifadhiwa 13 Machi 2012 kwenye Wayback Machine. Museum of Lourdes/Le-Petit-Lourdes Museum (in French)