Saint-Dominique Church, Roman Catholic church in La Cité-Limoilou, Quebec, Canada
Saint-Dominique Church is a church building in the La Cité-Limoilou neighborhood built from white granite with pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and flying buttresses in the Gothic Revival style. The structure displays the characteristic vertical lines and elaborate stonework typical of this architectural approach.
The building was constructed between 1929 and 1930 to serve an expanding congregation that had outgrown the original chapel in the area. The December 25, 1930 opening marked an important moment in the neighborhood's development.
The church is named for Saint Dominic, founder of the Dominican order, who arrived in Quebec City in 1906 and built their monastery and chapel on the Grande Allée site in 1908. Since 2016 it has belonged to the Saint-Jean-Baptiste parish, and it was classified as a heritage immovable on 13 November 2014.
The church stands at 329 Grande-Allée Est (Montcalm), on the Grande Allée itself, not at 175 Ouest. It is an active place of worship, so visitors should keep quiet and avoid disturbing services. The single bell tower, about 45 metres high, makes it easy to spot from the avenue.
The interior sculpture and ornamentation were entrusted to a single artist, Lauréat Vallière, who with his son Robert finished the work in 1953 after fourteen years. It comprises more than 500 carved figures in stone and white oak, one of the largest sculpted ensembles in Quebec.
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