This was the place where Bernadette saw the Blessed Mother for the last time, across the river, since the authority stopped people from coming to the Grotto until years later the permision was granted from the Empress of France, Napoleon Empire. From the image, one could see the Blessed Mother where She stood; the Top of the church is the Basilica of Immaculate Conception with the highest towers; right below in the same building was the Crypt Chapel, at the ground floor level, at the spiral stairway @left, is the Rose Basilica.