Rocamadour is located in the Dordogne Valley: The sacred city is clinging to the cliff in a superposition of houses and chapels. From the castle crowning this audacious construction, there is a steep slope of some 150 meters at the bottom of which winds the Alzou stream. On the way to Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle, the Saint-Sauveur basilica and the Saint-Amadour crypt, classified as World Heritage by UNESCO, are available to visitors after climbing the 216 steps of the pilgrim’s staircase . The miraculous chapel, one of the 7 other chapels built in the hollow of the rock, shelters its jewel, the Black Virgin venerated for more than a millennium.
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