Rocamadour became one of the most famous centres of pilgrimage by the supposed miraculous ability of Rocamadour's Black Madonna.
Its spectacular setting halfway up a cliff in the deep and abrupt canyon of the Alzou river is hard to beat. Nowadays, pilgrims
are outnumbered by tourists who fill the lanes lined with souvenirs shops, but who come here mainly to wonder at the audacity of
the town's location, built almost vertically into its rocky backdrop.
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