Rocamadour: Black Madonna in the Lot, France

: Black Madonna / La Vierge Noire From ROCAMADOUR: Interactive Virtual Visit CDROM Set in a spectacular canyon, 150 metres deep, Rocamadour is the site of one of the most celebrated pilgrimages of Western Europe. Historians believe that the pilgrimage to Rocamadour began before the end of the first millennium. In 1166 the uncorrupted body of a hermit was discovered beneath the threshold of the troglodite chapel. He was named as Amadour, an