Lisieux

Lisieux is located in the Calvados department in the Normandy region.

 

From Paris Saint Lazare is 2 hours by train. 

 

 

The Carmel  of Lisieux.

 

It was in this monastery that Sister Thérèse of the Infant Jesus and of the Holy Face, canonised in 1925 as Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, spent her religious life from 1888 until her death in 1897.

 

On the picture The chapel. 

Garden of the l’évêché, recreated in 1837. 

Cathedral Saint-Pierre of Lisieux.

 

The cathedral is build in the 12th century. 

 

The choir m

The Basilica of Sainte-Thérèse de Lisieux. 

 

 

Construction started in 1929 and was completed in 1954. 

 

The basilica is located on a hill

At the transept crossing

 

Above the west portal, a mosaic of Saint Theresa with the popes. 

The coupole. 

The dome of the basilica. 

Dutch /Belgium chapel

The Holy Sainte Theresa 

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