Church on Sunday...Notre Dame de Lorette

Today we head down the Val de Courtineau to the small troglodyte chapel that is Notre Dame de Lorette. It is an intriguing little place carved into the rocks along this charming relatively unknown little valley. I say unknown only as it doesn't seem to warrant much of a mention in any tourist guides of the local area yet it is a annual place of pilgrimage on the 'route to Santiago de Compostela'

Inside there is a small simple altar and a curious mix of religious artefacts and wall carvings including one of the 'Holy Trinity' at the foot of  well executed version of the 'Jerusalem Cross' or 'Cross of the Crusaders' which runs the whole length of the ceiling of the chapel. Read more here...