Following the rise of Napoleon in 1803, he again made the Castle an bEstate/b jail. Towards the end of the Peninsular War between France, Spain, Portugal, and Britain in 1814, British and Allied forces, under the Duke of Wellington, ...
Today Lourdes has a population of around 15000 inhabitants but is able to take in some 5000000 pilgrims and tourists every season. With about 270 bhotels/b, Lourdes has the second greatest number of bhotels/b in France after Paris. b.../b
