Catholic shrines in Provence

• Le LausThe Shrine of Notre-Dame du Laus. Notre-Dame du Laus in the Alps, where the Virgin appeared to Benoîte Rencurel for fifty-four years, recognized by the Church in 2008.
• CotignacNotre-Dame-de-Grâces and Saint Joseph of Bessillon. Cotignac in Provence, where the Virgin appeared in 1519 and Saint Joseph in 1660, a shrine linked to the birth of Louis XIV.
• Saintes-Maries-de-la-MerThe Church of the Saintes-Maries. Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer in the Camargue, its fortified church, the relics of the holy women and the pilgrimage of the Roma in May.
• ArlesSaint-Trophime. Arles and Saint-Trophime, its Romanesque portal and cloister, the Alyscamps and the start of the southern road to Compostela.
• Saint-MaximinThe Basilica of Saint Mary Magdalene. The basilica of Saint-Maximin in Provence, the largest Gothic church of the region, built over the tomb venerated as Mary Magdalene’s.
• La Sainte-BaumeThe Grotto of Saint Mary Magdalene. The grotto of La Sainte-Baume in Provence, where tradition says Mary Magdalene prayed for thirty years, kept by the Dominicans.
• Le ThoronetThe Abbey of Le Thoronet. The Cistercian abbey of Le Thoronet in Provence, built of bare stone in the twelfth century and known for its acoustics.
• SénanqueThe Abbey of Notre-Dame de Sénanque. The Cistercian abbey of Sénanque near Gordes, founded in 1148, where the monks of Lérins sing the Office and grow lavender before the Romanesque church.
• AvignonThe Palace of the Popes and Notre-Dame-des-Doms. Avignon, where seven popes lived from 1309 to 1377, with the Palace of the Popes, the cathedral of Notre-Dame-des-Doms and Saint Bénézet’s bridge.

Saint Mary Magdalene, Saint Martha, Saint Honoratus, Saint Caesarius of Arles, Saint Eugène de Mazenod.

• Via ImmaculataeThe Way of the Immaculate. Ten days through the places of the apparitions, from the rue du Bac to Lourdes.
• Via MagdalenaeThe Magdalene Way. Seven days in Provence with Mary Magdalene, apostle of the apostles.