Basilica Montreal

inside the basilica, looking at the main altar

you can take a ride in a horse-drawn carriage

the organ features 7000 pipes

the facade of the Bank of Montreal's Head office

and this is Lambert Closse, Sergeant Major of the Ville-Marie garrison

a mural showing the converting to Christianity of the Iroquois

Ezechiel and Jeremie sit at the foot of the elaborate wooden pulpit

the Notre-Dame Basilica sports two towers

Place des Armes and the Basilica Notre Dame de Montreal

Dating from 1693, Place des Armes is one of the oldest sites in downtown Montreal.

On the square stands the monument for Paul de Chomenay, a French officer who killed the local Iroquois chief at this very spot in 1644 and so secured the future of the Ville Marie settlement that later became Montreal.

Today the square is surrounded by a number of landmark buildings such as the Saint-Sulpice Seminary and the Bank of Montreal.

But the dominating structure here is the Notre-Dame Basilica de Montreal.
The present church is from 1843 and replaced the original Notre-Dame from 1672.
Built in a Gothic Revival style the basilica sports a grand and colorful interior with deep blue colored ceilings speckled with hundreds of golden stars.
The stained glass windows show stylish scenes from the city's history.

The piece de resistance is the innovative giant pipe organ designed and build in 1891 by the famous Casavant brothers.

We visited the Place des Armes and the Basilica in September 2017.

the Maisonneuve monument with Paul Chomedey on top

the monument's pedestal features an Iroquois warrior

or use a more modern means of transportation

the pipe organ sits on the other side

a stained glass window depicting the construction of the basilica

and he knows how to play them