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!!!Visitors at Lourdes

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Pilgrims and visitors at Lourdes. The Rosary Basilica in the foreground serves as an entranceway to the larger Basilica of the Immaculate Conception behind. 

Lourdes is the reputed site of 18 Marian apparitions in 1858. The town is one of the worlds greatest pilgrimage sites hosting some 5 million visitors annually.