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St. Joseph’s Oratory

Montréal has a couple of sites that guide-books inevitably label with the overused adjective “iconic.” St. Joseph’s Oratory tends to be near the top of that list.

It’s one of the largest cathedrals in the world, perched high on the southwest-facing Côte-des-Neiges side of Mont Royal.… [Read More]

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Here’s the Church. Here’s the Steeple.

Montréal has many, many churches. So many that one of the city’s nicknames is “ville aux cent clochers” (city of a hundred bell towers). Images Montréal, a website dedicated to documenting architecture in the city, lists 437 buildings in the “Churches” category.… [Read More]