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The Notre-Dame de Goudosse church, located in Souprosse in the Landes, is a religious building dating back to the 11th century. It was fortified in the 14th century, then enlarged in the 16th and 18th centuries, before being restored in the 19th century. This monument, classified as historical monuments since 1995, houses murals dating from the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, as well as a Virgin object of a pilgrimage relaunched in the sixteenth century as part of the Counter-Reform.

The church is a small Marian sanctuary, attracting pilgrims for the healing of the goiter through a so-called "good" fountain. The pilgrimage, originally linked to the Virgin, grew again in the 19th century. The building presents architectural arrangements in the choir evoking those of the abbey of Saint-Sever, highlighting its historical and religious importance in the region.

The Counter-Reform movement, in reaction to Calvinist theses hostile to Marian worship, played a key role in the renewal of the pilgrimage from the 16th century. The church, owned by the municipality of Souprosse, is today an architectural and spiritual testimony of the Landes, mixing medieval heritage, Renaissance and modern times.

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