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A Sacred Vertigo: Pilgrimage and Tourism in Rocamadour, France by Deana L. Weibel (Hardcover, 2022)

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ISBN-13: 9781793650320, 978-1793650320. A Sacred Vertigo. Built into a huge cliff in central France, the town of Rocamadour is a visual marvel and a place of contradictions. Pilgrimage and Tourism in Rocamadour, France.

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Built into a huge cliff in central France, the town of Rocamadour is a visual marvel and a place of contradictions. Pilgrims come to venerate its ancient Black Madonna but are outnumbered by secular tourists. Weibel provides an intimate look at the transformation of Rocamadour from a significant religious center to a tourist attraction; the efforts by clergy to restore Rocamadour's spiritual character; the supernatural reinterpretations of the shrine by non-Catholics; and the desperate decision by the Diocese to participate in tourism itself, with disastrous results.