ChurchVar
Sanctuaire Notre-Dame de Grâces
Cotignac
Dimensions
about 400 m above sea level
Period
Founded in 1519, enlarged in the 17th–19th centuries
What stands there
First stone laid on 14 September 1519, a month after the apparition
According to tradition, the Virgin appeared on 10 August 1519 to the woodcutter Jean de la Baume, accompanied by Saint Michael and Saint Bernard, asking him to build a church on the spot. The first stone was laid as early as 14 September 1519, a historically attested fact. Legend also has it that novenas made here by Queen Anne of Austria preceded the birth of Louis XIV in 1638: this tradition belongs to popular belief, not to verified fact.
Getting there : About 4 km south of the village of Cotignac by road, then a short path; car park on site.
Opening times and access details are given as a guide only: check before you set out.
Ambient sound
Nearby
- Sanctuaire Notre-Dame de Grâces de CotignacChurch · Cotignac · 3.4 km
- Sanctuaire Saint-Joseph du BessillonSacred spring / fountain · Cotignac · 3.9 km
- Cascade de SillansLegendary waterfall · Sillans-la-Cascade · 8.4 km
- Abbaye du ThoronetCistercian abbey · Le Thoronet · 11 km
- Commanderie du RuouTemplar site · Villecroze · 16 km
- Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Saint-MaximinChurch · Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume · 22 km
In the same department
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