Landmark Europe religious

Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes

1858 CE – still standing

World's most visited Catholic pilgrimage site after the Vatican, where Bernadette Soubirous reported apparitions of the Virgin Mary

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Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes on Wikipedia.

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Who held this ground

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Before it was built (3000 BCE–1815 CE)
France (1880 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined

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1850 CE – 1880 CE

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1721 CE – 1917 CE

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World War II

1939 CE – 1945 CE

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1869 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1858 CE and 2026 CE.

1858 CE Sanctuary of Lourdes 1864 CE Second Schleswig War 1866 CE Austro-Prussian War 1870 CE Franco-Prussian War 1870 CE Battle of Sedan

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Image credits 7 pictures from Wikimedia Commons

Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0
Derinkuyu underground city Nevit Dilmen ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844–1922) User:Orwellianist · Public domain
World War I Collection DocAnciens/docpix.fr · Public domain
Notre-Dame d'Afrique Chettouh Nabil · CC BY-SA 4.0
Flag of Russia Peter the Great · Public domain
World War II Richard Opitz · CC BY-SA 3.0 de