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Winelands. Bordeaux. Since ancient times, the vine has shaped the landscape
of Gironde, according to the nature of its soil: gravel, limestone or clay. Brought
along the ocean, it gained the banks and hillsides of the estuary, and then those
of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers. Here, right at the edge, people settled through
the centuries. At
Pauillac, they built houses of light-coloured stone to live in; at Blaye and Saint-Emilion
a citadel and a fort to protect themselves; everywhere, from Médoc to Entre-Deux-Mers,
châteaux and cellars for wine-making; and finally at Bordeaux, an illustrious
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Journeys to Lourdes, a pilgrimage to Lourdes France. Arrange a pilgrimage
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more than 5 million visitors from all over the world every year. Spirituality,
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of the sight, the marks of the past, the serenity of the Sanctuaries. Lourdes
was just a small market town on the 11 February, when Bernadette Soubirous met,
along the Gave, the “Lady” that made the town a Marian city. A Catholic pilgrimage
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christian pilgrimages can be tailored to France,
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