Montreal - Notre Dame Basilica (Montreal)

Member Name: ray1952

Product:	Montreal
Date:	14/07/01 (109 review reads)
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Advantages: Free entry, Interesting

Disadvantages: Not central

Montreal was the first city my wife and I visited on our tour of Eastern Canada. Our impression was of a large city with many very high rise office buildings, many, many shops and quite a lot of things to do.

One of the most impressive buildings is the Notre Dame Basilica (a large church). From the outside it does not look as good. Once you step inside you become overwhelmed by its aura. There are plenty of gold artefacts. The stain-glass windows on one side of the building depict the history of Canada.

Part of the building is known as the Wedding Chapel. This is reached by walking through the main part of the building. It is a smaller area. This is used for local weddings as the larger part would seem to be empty. In the Wedding chapel there is a wooden plaque the full height of the wall. This depicts in sections from birth through to death and ultimately heaven (highly impressive).

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