- Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe | Sweet Briar College INTRODUCTION Sacredness Caves Stones Mountains Trees Water Forms in the Landscape BIBLIOGRAPHY 1998 (text only) Chris Witcombe An exploration of how and why places become invested with SACREDNESS and how the SACRED is embodied or made manifest through ART and ARCHITECTURE LOURDES, FRANCE Discovery of the Miraculous Spring (Ninth Apparition) The ...www.arthistory.sbc.edu/sacredplaces/lourdes.html