Lourdesgrot met kruiswegstaties

When the southern French father Gaston Desribes settled in Keer, a Lourdes grotto as it stands in his native region was inevitable.

The statue of the Virgin Mary was placed here in 1892 with great interest from 15,000(!) spectators. A few years later, the impressive Stations of the Cross were added.

Just like in Lourdes, the Passion of Christ was depicted here next to the Grotto of the Virgin Mary. The whole would grow into a much-visited place of pilgrimage. This had already been anticipated if you look at the wide entrance gate on the Rijksweg, the roads and the spacious layout.

In the first half of the last century there was indeed mass devotion here. People still regularly light a candle in the cave and there is a lot of walking in this beautiful part of Keer

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