Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes
…has hundreds of replicas around the world, known as "Lourdes grottos". The sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes began with the Marian apparitions to Bernadette Soubirous in 1858 in the town of Lourdes. On 11 February 1858, a 14-year-old peasant girl, called Bernadette Soubirous, said she saw a "lady" while playing near…