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Basilique Notre-Dame de Verdelais

Verdelais

Dimensions

Nave 11 m high; statue crowning the bell tower 3.75 m

Period

Original chapel from the 12th century; present basilica completed in 1666

What stands there

At least 3 episodes of the statue being hidden and rediscovered (1295–1390, 1558–1605, 1793)

The medieval chestnut-wood statue, according to tradition carved by a crusader knight around 1112, is said to have been hidden and found again several times: buried around 1295 and exhumed in 1390, thrown into a hollow tree trunk in 1558 and rediscovered in 1605 thanks to a restless ox, and finally saved from revolutionary destruction in 1793. These episodes, handed down by the sanctuary's tradition, lie at the origin of a major centre of Marian pilgrimage in the Bordeaux region.

Sanctuaire Notre-Dame de Verdelais ↗

Getting there : Basilica open all year round; active Marian pilgrimage at the heart of the Entre-deux-Mers

Opening times and access details are given as a guide only: check before you set out.

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Nearby

Bastide de CadillacBastide (planned town) · Cadillac-sur-Garonne · 6.7 km
Bastide de CréonBastide (planned town) · Créon · 10 km
Commanderie de SallebruneauTemplar site · Frontenac · 14 km
Bastide de Sauveterre-de-GuyenneBastide (planned town) · Sauveterre-de-Guyenne · 16 km
Bastide de BlasimonBastide (planned town) · Blasimon · 18 km
Commanderie d'ArveyresTemplar site · Arveyres · 22 km

In the same department

All places — Gironde (23).