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   Originally a small town somercial, Lourdes has become the largest place of pilgrimage in the world, the Virgin Mary. The town is situated on both banks of river Gave de Pau and is the summer residence of bishops tarbes and Lourdes. Every year thousands of pilgrims come here Catholics who believe the Virgin Mary appeared 18 times a young girl, Bernadette Soubirous in the Grotto cave Massabielle. Bernadette was canonized in 1933.The city is famous for its springs of Bernadette...