Lourdes Grotto Sero Preto

Useful Information

Location:	Weg Sero Preto, Savaneta, Aruba. Sero Preto, San Nicolaas. (12.4504094, -69.9061364)
Open:	no restrictions. [2024]
Fee:	free. [2024]
Classification:	Lourdes Grotto Karst Cave.
Light:	n/a
Dimension:
Guided tours:	self guided
Photography:	allowed
Accessibility:	yes
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History

1808	Holy Virgin appeared to Bernadette at Lourdes.
1958	grotto built for the 150th anniversary.

Description

This Lourdes Grotto was built inside a small natural cave, under the guidance of a priest named Erkamp by parishioners. The cave seem to be a tufa cave, or probably a karst cave, but it seems it was never speleologically examined. We classified the grotto as Goodwill, there is a natural cave, which is great, but it does not resemble the original. And the niche with the statue of the virgin is actually quite kitschy.