Pilgrims began going to Lourdes in 1858.
Noun: A journey, especially a long one, made to a sacred place as an act of devotion. Example: Many Catholics make a yearly pilgrimage to Lourdes, France, in the hopes of witnessing the miracle of the Lady of Lourdes, a vision of the Virgin Mary. Example: Every adult Muslim is supposed to make the pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in his or her lifetime.
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A pilgrimage is generally a long, arduous journey to a holy or sacred place. It usually has a special meaning or moral significance.
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A pilgrimage is any long journey, usually to a place of religious significance or historical interest.
Pilgrimage is important to many people for religious reasons and your own reasons. Pilgrimage is important to religion for like Muslims. Muslims have pilgrimage in their 5 pillar of Islam which hold the religion. It is called Hajj. In Hajj, Muslims from all over the world go to the city of Mecca, a city where only Muslims can go in. Inside, Muslims go to the Ka'bah which is a black cube and circle it 7 times. For your own reasons, pilgrimage is just going to a place you haven't been for a long time like your hometown, etc. Also, pilgrimage may be going to live in a different country for a better life and if you want to visit a place you always wanted to go to.
in the past it was a journey to a holy place like the shrine of a saint- often a long difficult journey
You could be. A pilgrim is someone who is on a pilgrimage. A dictionary defines a pilgrimage as a journey to a sacred place or shrine or a long journey or search, especially one of exalted purpose or moral signifigance. The Pilgrims that came to America were searching for a place to worship freely. They were on a pilgrimage. If you are on the same type of journey then I would say yes, you are a Pilgrim.
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About 2 hours.
The road distance from Lourdes to Versailles is 824 km (512 miles). The driving time is about 7H15.
yes a long time ago a 14 year old peasant girl saw visions of the virgin Mary and had 18 visions of this.then she found a place with water in and the water has been said to cure people.many people go here on pilgrimages.