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It's Notre-Dame of Avioth (built between 1250 and 1400), a commune in the Meuse department in Lorraine, north-eastern France (103 inhabitants). Perhaps under the influence of the Cistercians of the Abbey of Orval nearby, pilgrims coming to venerate the statue of the Virgin became so great in number that the modest shrine of Avioth quickly proved to be too small. A new church was built during the second half of the thirteenth-century. Our Lady of Avioth aka Shrine of Temporary Respite : according to popular belief in some provinces, temporary respite is when a stillborn child returns to life for the lapse of time needed in order to confer baptism before final death. Thus, having been baptized, the child may enter paradise instead of wandering in limbo where he would be deprived of the vision of God. In 1993, Pope John Paul II acknowledged the importance of the pilgrimage by giving the church the title of basilica. So long guys 😉
I've found this very amazing !!Imagine a cathedral in the middle of ... nowhere : fields, a village, 103 inhabitants only !! I think this place is showing how medieval towns were at the time, a kind of time capsule (TMO)I wish one day I can visit that place, far away from crowded and polluted touristic places!Thanks a lot 😉
Your photo is a bit blurry ...A kind of febrility during your honeymoon ? 😉
Not my honeymoon, just a day trip and the photo is blurry because the day was cloudy and flash is not allowed inside the Cathedral. I just have a regular digital camera and not some high-speed DSLR camera.
Not my honeymoon, just a day trip and the photo is blurry because the day was cloudy and flash is not allowed inside the Cathedral. I just have a regular digital camera and not some high-speed DSLR camera. Unlucky ... 😀
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