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Buy your tickets More Information. Visited by nearly one million people each year, Notre-Dame Basilica of Montréal is an active place of worship and an iconic heritage building.
Notre-Dame Basilica (French: Basilique Notre-Dame) is a minor basilica of the Catholic Church in the historic Old Montreal district of Montreal in Quebec, Canada. It is located at 110 Notre-Dame Street West, at the corner of Saint Sulpice Street.
Notre-Dame Basilica of Montréal is a place of gathering where the faithful receive the Word of God, as well as a Canadian national historic site and a privileged witness to Montréal's history.
This chapel is striking because of all the natural light it lets in and its many decorations. The altarpiece designed by sculptor Charles Daudelin (1920-2001) is an imposing 20-tonne bronze piece measuring 52 feet high and 17 feet wide (15.85 x 5.18 metres).
Nov 25, 2012 · In 1889, a new chapel, Notre-Dame du Sacré-Cœur, was added to the church, for ceremonies with smaller numbers of congregants. It was consecrated on 8 December 1891, and the great organ commissioned from Casavant Frères was also consecrated that same year. The chapel was damaged in a fire in 1978 and rebuilt in 1980.
Notre-Dame Basilica of Montréal. 110 Notre-Dame Street West. Montréal, QC. H2Y 1T1. Place-d'Armes. Old Montréal. map view. Schedule. Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Sat, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sun, 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Notes. Opening hours are subject to change without prior notice. Characteristics.
Notre-Dame Basilica of Montréal is one of the jewels of the city's architectural, artistic and religious heritage. The first Gothic Revival style church in Canada, it was raised to the rank of minor basilica by Pope John Paul II in 1982 and designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1989.
