Rocamadour (English spelling)

Japanese: ロカマドゥール - ろかまどぅーる(英語表記)Rocamadour
Rocamadour (English spelling)

A small village in the Loth department in south-central France. A scenic spot and pilgrimage site with medieval houses, castle gates, and churches built one on top of the other on the slope of the Arzew River gorge. It is said to have originated as a place where Saint Amadour retired to worship Saint Mary, and in the Middle Ages it became a pilgrimage site for worshipping the Black Madonna, as a passage to the holy site of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. It has a 14th century castle, a Gothic chapel, and a Romanesque church. Population 614 (1999).

[Nobuyoshi Aoki]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

フランス中南部、ロート県にある小村。アルズー川の峡谷斜面に中世の家並みや城門、教会などが重なるように建つ景勝地、巡礼地。聖アマドゥールが聖女マリアを崇拝して隠棲(いんせい)したのが起源と伝えられ、中世にはスペインの聖地サンティアゴ・デ・コンポステラへの通路として、黒いマリア像を信仰の対象とする巡礼地となった。14世紀の城、ゴシック様式の礼拝堂、ロマネスク様式の教会などがある。人口614(1999)。

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