 | The Crypt
Interior of the Crypt (photo TESO)
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The first chapel to be built in response to the request of Our Lady to Bernadette on 2nd March 1858 during the 13th Apparition: "Go, tell the priests to have a chapel built here".
Architect: M. Hippolyte Durand (1801-1882)
Work begun: 1862
Blessing and Opening: Saturday 19th May 1866 (Vigil of Pentecost) by Mgr Laurence, Bishop of Tarbes with Bernadette present.
Some statistics:
Capacity: 120 seats and 5 wheelchairs.
The statues of St. Peter and of Pius X recall the continuity of the Church. The long entrance corridor is covered with ex-voto offerings. It is a place of silent prayer and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. From midnight to 07h00 during the pilgrimage season from April to October.
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