ROCAMADOUR  , a See also:

• VILLAGE

village of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-western See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, in the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• LOT
• LOT (Lat. Oltis)

Lot, 36 m . N.N.E. of See also:

• CAHORS

Cahors by road . Pop . (1906) 296 . Rocamadour, a famous See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

• PILGRIMAGE (Fr. pelerinage, Lat. peregrinatio)

pilgrimage, is most strikingly situated . Its buildings rise in stages up the See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of a cliff on the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the Alzou, which here runs between rocky walls 400 ft. in height . Flights of steps ascend from the See also:

• LOWER

lower See also:

• TOWN

town to the churches—a See also:

• GROUP

group of massive buildings See also:

• HALF

half-way up the cliff . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of them is the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of Notre-See also:

• DAME
• DAME (through the Fr. from Lat. domina, mistress, lady, the feminine of dominus, master, lord)

Dame (1479), containing the wooden figure of the Madonna reputed to have been carved by St Amadour . The church opens on to a See also:

• TERRACE (Fr. terrace, terrasse, from It. terraccia, terrazzo, Lat. terra, earth)

terrace called the See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

Plateau of St See also:

• MICHEL
• MICHEL, CLAUDE
• MICHEL, FRANCISQUE XAVIER (1809-1887)

Michel, where there is a broken See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword said to be a fragment of " Durandal," once wielded by the See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero See also:

• ROLAND
• ROLAND, LEGEND OF

Roland . The interior walls of the church of St Sauveur are covered with paintings and See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions recalling the pilgrimages of celebrated persons . The subterranean church of St Amadour (1166) extends beneath St Sauveur and contains See also:

• RELICS (Lat, reliquiae, the equivalent of the English " remains " in the sense of a dead body)

relics of the See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint . On the See also:

• SUMMIT

summit' of the cliff stands the See also:

• CHATEAU (from Lat. castellum, fortress, through O. Fr. chastel, chasteau)

chateau built in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages to defend the sanctuaries .

Rocamadour owes its origin to St Amadour or See also:

• AMATEUR (Lat. amator, lover)

Amateur, who, according to tradition, See also:

• CHOSE (Fr. for " thing ")

chose the place as a hermitage for his devotions to the Virgin See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary . The saint is identified with Zacchaeus the publican and See also:

• DISCIPLE

disciple of Jesus, who is said to have journeyed to See also:

• GAUL
• GAUL, GILBERT WILLIAM (1855— )

Gaul to preach the See also:

• GOSPEL (O. Eng. godspel, i.e. good news, a translation of Lat. bona annuntiatio, or evangelium, Gr. evayyeXwv; cf. Goth. iu spillon, " to announce good news," Ulfilas' translation of the Greek, from iu, that which is good, and spellon to announce)

gospel . The renown of Rocamadour as a place of pilgrimage See also:

• DATES

dates from the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early middle ages .