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Bartrès

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Bartrès (Hautes Pyrénées) 1
Bartrès (Hautes Pyrénées) 1

Bartrès (French pronunciation: [baʁtʁɛs]; Occitan: Bartrés) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France.The village is famous for its association with St. Bernadette Soubirous. St. Bernadette was sent there in her infancy to a wet nurse, and again in her early teens to work for the same lady as a shepherdess. Today, the village is visited by numerous pilgrims who come to pray at the village church and venerate a relic of the saint.

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Bartrès
Place Saint-Jean, Argelès-Gazost

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N 43.1244 ° E -0.0464 °
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Place Saint-Jean 8
65100 Argelès-Gazost
Occitania, France
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Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes
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