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Jun 9, 2021 · Discover Lisieux, home to the vast 20th-century Basilica of Sainte-Thérèse, the second most important pilgrimage site in France after Lourdes.
Lisieux (French: ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is the capital of the Pays d'Auge area, which is characterised by valleys and hedged farmland.
- Basilica of St Thérèse. This church built in St Thérèse’s honour is the second most-visited pilgrimage site in France after Lourdes. To get a picture of the fervour that Thérèse generated in the first decades of the 20th century, the entire cost of this church was paid for by donations.
- Château de Saint-Germain-de-Livet. Cloaked in woodland outside Lisieux, this magical château dates back to the 1400s. The property was built on top of an earlier fortress, but apart from the moat you can tell that this home was designed for luxury rather than defence.
- Les Buissonnets. The home of Saint Thérèse from the age of 4 to 15, when she joined the Carmelite convent, Les Buissonnets is a lovely 18th century property a short walk from the centre of town.
- Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de Lisieux. With an enchanting home in one of the last remaining timber-framed houses in the town, Lisieux’s museum of history and art reopened in 2013 after a few years of renovation.
Lisieux is a sizable town situated in the Calvados department of Normandy, in the countryside south of Honfleur and Deauville. The town is best known as a very important pilgrimage centre (second only to Lourdes in France) for devotees of Sainte Thérèse.
Lisieux, town, formerly capital of the district known as the Pays d’Auge, Calvados département, Normandy région, northwestern France. Lisieux has become a world centre of pilgrimage to the shrine of St. Thérèse, a Carmelite nun who died there in 1897 and was canonized in 1925.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Lisieux is France’s second most famous pilgrimage site and reknown all over the world. The many pilgrims flocking to the town first make their way to the imposing Basilica of Lisieux which dominates the town’s skyline before visiting the Carmel, former convent of Sainte-Thérèse and Les Buissonnets, her childhood home.
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