Camino Photo of the Day: the Grotto of the Tomb

Rocamadour’s Stations of the Cross end at this grotto, which contains a life-sized sculpture of Christ being laid into the tomb. I’m posting two photos today, one of the approach and one of the actual sculpture. Hopefully, from this, you can get a feel for the immensity and power of this final station, very near to the top of the cliff. Sadly, the gates were closed when I was there, so I wasn’t able to get close to the scene.

Date: 01 September 2023
Place: Rocamadour, Lot Département, Region of Occitanie, France

Maps!

The site I’ve been using for my daily maps, Gronze.com, while otherwise great, unfortunately doesn’t have maps for this variant. So here’s a map from my book Practical Pilgrimage showing the entirety of the three main variants and larger sub-variants. I walked the GR6 from Figeac to Rocamadour and the GR46 on to Cahors.