Chapelle Notre-Dame de l'Aubépine (Arantza)

Ainhoa

According to tradition, the Virgin appeared to a young shepherd near a spring, beneath a hawthorn bush ("arantza" in Basque) — an account modelled on the legend of the Spanish sanctuary of Aranzazu. The chapel, destroyed in the Revolution and then razed in 1814, was rebuilt in the 19th century; a grotto was laid out in 1897 on the supposed site of the apparition. No source contemporary with the apparition is known: the account rests on oral tradition alone.

Le Bouquetin Boiteux — patrimoine du Pays Basque ↗

Getting there : Chapel reached by a path from the village of Ainhoa; local pilgrimage

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

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