![]() Heritage, visit, Religious heritage dans le Puy-de-DômeBASILIQUE NOTRE DAME D'ORCIVALOffice de Tourisme Terres Dômes-Sancy Le Bourg 63210 Orcival (Puy-de-Dôme)
Phone : 04 73 65 89 77
![]() ![]() It is one of the famous five Romanesque churches built in the Auvergne, in the early 12th Century. It possesses a unique collection of relics,the last one being a vermilion statue ofOur Lady, displayed in the basilica's choir. It is well known for the "Ascension Pilgrimage" when the Virgin Statue is carried up to the Virgin's grave on a hill, overlooking Orcival village. The procession is led by the Clermont-Ferrand Bishop and the statue is carried by men walking barefoot.
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