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Cathedral-basilica Mary, Queen of the World
When visiting Montreal in 1881, Mark Twain said “This is the first time I was ever in a city where you couldn’t throw a brick without breaking a church window.” This is certainly true still today and one of the finest examples of the city religious heritage is the Cathedral-basilica Mary, Queen of the World, located downtown.
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Completed in 1967, Saint Joseph’s Oratory is a Roman Catholic basilica on the nothern slopes of Mount Royal and a landmark of Canada. The dome is the second-largest in the world after Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome and the church is the largest in Canada, receiving each year more than 2 million visitors. The elevator hall can be seen on anotherSaint Joseph Oratory, the elevator hall
Saint Joseph’s Oratory gained its first elevator. The Oratory is a Roman Catholic basilica on the nothern slopes of Mount Royal and a landmark of Canada. The dome is the largest in the world after Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
Completed in 1967, it was only in march 2007 that the :: Check it on Google maps ::
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