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Basilica of Our Lady of Lourdes Oostakker
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Katrien
April 11, 2021
Hiking
De Basiliek van Oostakker-Lourdes is de kerk van een belangrijk bedevaartsoord in Oostakker, een deelgemeente van Gent.
Het bedevaartsoord kwam er op initiatief van een adellijke vrouw: Markiezin de Courtebourne-de …
Het bedevaartsoord kwam er op initiatief van een adellijke vrouw: Markiezin de Courtebourne-de …
Ivica🇭🇷🇩🇪
May 4, 2026
Gravel riding
The Basilica of Our Lady of Lourdes is a Roman Catholic church at Oostakker, near Ghent in Belgium. Built in neogothic style at the end of the XIXe century it is the most important centre of Marian pilgrimage in Flanders.In 1873 the Marquise of Courtebourne-de Nédonchel had a Lourdes grotto built in the gardens of her château at Slotendries. People from Ghent and other nearby locations asked to be allowed to visit the grotto and pray there, and it was claimed that in 1875 Pieter De Rudder was miraculously healed of a compound fracture.
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Elevation 10 m
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