![]() ![]() Most of the material used in the Church is made from Bronze.The basilica is quite well known for is Canada’s largest set of pipe organs called Casavant Frères pipe organ from 1891, which comprises four keyboards, 92 stops using electromagnetic action and an adjustable combination system, 7000 individual pipes and a pedal board.The most of the sanctuary is decorated in blues, azures, reds, purples, silver, and gold.It was commissioned and added in the year 1929. It has stained glass windows with Indigenous people tells the story how Montreal came to be.The symbols are all over the ceilings, intricately painted columns to the fleur-de-lis for France, roses for England in the star spangled ceiling representing heaven. It’s architect Victor Bordeaux was so inspired by the style and symbolism of Sasha Pell that it has been carried over to this basilica too.Montreal Notre Dome Basilica is more influenced by Paris’s Sasha Pell with lot of similarities in interiors with works of arts from 17th Century to 20th Century.Notre-Dame Basilica is big enough to hold around 8000 to 10000 worshippers at a time.It is filled with hundreds of intricate wooden carvings and several religious statues. ![]() Notre-Dame Basilica is one of the most beautiful church in the world due to its internal paintings and scriptures.This church served as the first cathedral of the Diocese of Montreal from 1821 to 1822.It was designed by James O’Donnell, an Irish-American Anglican from New York City.It is located at 110 Notre-Dame Street West, at the corner of Saint Sulpice Street.Notre-Dame Basilica was founded in the year 1642, the same year Montreal was established.Notre-Dame Basilica – Most Visited Monument in North AmericaĪlso Read: Great Rann of Kutch – Largest Salt Desert in the World ![]()
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