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19509_02.JPG (44608 bytes) Statue of Our Lady of Consolation above the main altar in the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Luxembourg City.

 

All photographs below were taken by Suzanne Bunkers.    Copyright 1998.  To read an essay that I wrote about Luxembourgers' immigration to the Midwestern United States, go to this page on my web site:  http://krypton.mankato.msus.edu/~susanna/immigran.htm 

19509_10.JPG (34699 bytes) Statue of Our Lady of Consolation above a business building in central Luxembourg City.

A copy of this statue was brought to the U.S. by immigrants who settled in St. Donatus, Iowa.  To view photographs of St. Donatus, Iowa, go to this page:  http://krypton.mankato.msus.edu/~susanna/iowa1.htm 

Another copy of the statue of Our Lady of Consolation was brought by immigrants who settled in Carey, Ohio.  Go to this URL to learn more about the Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation in Carey:  http://www.olcshrine.com/tour.htm 

19509_17.JPG (35961 bytes) Close-up view of statue of Our Lady of Consolation.
19509_11.JPG (28486 bytes) Pieta figure in central Luxembourg City.
bigMarry.jpg (78994 bytes) Statue of Our Lady of Consolation in the village of Waldbredimus, Luxembourg.
19509_14.JPG (47268 bytes) Examples of Luxembourg architecture in the capital city
19509_13.JPG (46074 bytes) Overlooking Luxembourg City
monument.jpg (30071 bytes) Statue commemorating the Luxembourgers who gave their lives in war to preserve the country's freedom.
citysign.jpg (32806 bytes) Corner in Place d'Armes, the central square in Luxembourg City
hillside.jpg (33629 bytes) View of countryside surrounding the Klein and Simmerl/Hottua ancestral village of Niederfeulen, Luxembourg, not far from Ettelbruck.
chairlift.jpg (36194 bytes) Rachel and Suzanne Bunkers: riding the aerial tram above the valley in Vianden, Luxembourg, enroute to the restored Castle of Vianden. Photo: 1993.
Clairfontainesign.jpg (45525 bytes) Roadside sign along the border between Luxembourg and Belgium.   Although it was once part of Luxembourg, Clairefontaine is now on the Belgian side of the border.
19509_19.JPG (48058 bytes) Clairefontaine: statue of the BVM in the chapel above the crypt where Countess Ermesinde is buried.
19509_21.JPG (49267 bytes) Detail of a stained glass window in the chapel at Clairefontaine (on the Luxembourg/Belgium border)
bigMarry2.jpg (61408 bytes) Sepulchre of Ermesinde in the crypt under the chapel at Clairefontaine.
luxembourgB.jpg (34211 bytes) Bon Voyage from Gare Central (train station) in Luxembourg City. Photo: 1997.