Sunday, April 28, 2019

Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal

Since it was raining, we got here later in the afternoon after the rain stopped, and just before it was closing.  There was a long line, and we were freezing, so we opted not to go in.  Now that I am reading on Wikipedia about it, we should have. 

Wikipedia Information:
The interior of the church is amongst the most dramatic in the world and regarded as a masterpiece of Gothic Revival architecture.[1] The vaults are coloured deep blue and decorated with golden stars, and the rest of the sanctuary is decorated in blues, azures, reds, purples, silver, and gold. It is filled with hundreds of intricate wooden carvings and several religious statues. Unusual for a church, the stained glass windows along the walls of the sanctuary do not depict biblical scenes, but rather scenes from the religious history of Montreal. It also has a Casavant Frères pipe organ, dated 1891, which comprises four keyboards, 92 stops using electropneumatic action and an adjustable combination system, 7000 individual pipes and a pedal board.

It looks like Notre Dame in Paris in the front with the two huge towers.  Quite a thing in the middle of the city. 




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