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Rocamadour - Vierge noire

Rocamadour - Vierge noire
Since my first visit, Rocamadour is one of my favourite places. In 2009, when I followed the Via Podensis, I took a detour, to reach Rocamadour by foot, like so many pilgrims since medieval times.

Rocamadour attracted pilgrims over centuries and hass a legend, similar to that of Santiago de Compostella . Here in 1166 the grave of St. Veronica´s husband Zacchaeus the Tax Collector (Luke 19) was found. He had moved from Jerusalem to this place in Gaul / France in his older age and lived here as a hermit under the name of Amadour.

The medieval pilgrims climbed up the 216 steps to the sanctuary, a cluster of churches and chapels, on their knees. Here is "Notre Dame de Rocamadour" (aka "La Vierge Noire", "Black Madonna of Rocamadour", "Our Lady of Rocamadour"..). Henry Plantagenet (aka "Henry II of England") was an early pilgrim here. Legends tell, that the statue was created by Zacchaeus / Amadour, but it was rather within the 10th or 11th century.

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 Nicole Merdrignac
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Photo très intéressante. Nicole.
6 years ago.

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