Christ Church Cathedral (Montreal)
The Christ Church Cathedral ( French Cathédrale Christ Church ) is an Anglican cathedral in the Canadian city of Montreal and the seat of the diocese of Montreal of the Anglican Church of Canada . It is located at 635 Rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest, between Avenue Union and Rue University. The neo-Gothic building was constructed between 1857 and 1859. It has been a National Historic Site since 1988 . The Promenades Cathédrale shopping center is located below the cathedral .
history
There has been an Anglican parish in Montreal since it was conquered by British troops in 1760. Initially, the faithful used various Roman Catholic chapels. The first purely Anglican church was built in 1814 on Rue Notre-Dame . After the establishment of the Diocese of Montreal, it was given cathedral status in 1850. In 1856 it was completely destroyed in a major fire, only one altarpiece remained.
The architect Frank Wills , who had also designed the Christ Church Cathedral in Fredericton , was commissioned to plan a new building. However, he died before construction began, whereupon Thomas Seaton Scott took over the management. The work was completed in 1859 and the cathedral was consecrated in 1867.
From an architectural point of view, the cathedral has always been considered an outstanding example of English neo-Gothic, but the structural engineering was poor. Because of the soft ground, the heavy stone church tower began to sag and deform. In the 1920s it sloped more than a meter to the south. The 1600 ton tower had to be demolished in 1927. In 1939 a new concrete foundation was poured. An anonymous donation made it possible to build a significantly lighter tower with an aluminum core in 1940 .
In 1987, KPMG , a 146-meter-high skyscraper , was built just north of the Tour . The project also included the construction of a parking garage and a shopping center below the cathedral. For this purpose 33 hollow cylindrical steel pillars ( caissons ) were driven into the rock under the cathedral foundation, ten of them from the crypt . About the caissons massive prestressed were reinforced concrete - carrier added that bear the weight of the cathedral. In the area of the church tower, digging had to be done by hand.
organ
The organ was built in 1981 by the organ builder Karl Wilhelm (Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec). The instrument has 42 registers on three manual works and a pedal . The playing and stop actions are mechanical.
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- Coupling : I / II, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P
Promenades Cathédrale
The Promenades Cathédrale , a shopping center with 60 shops and restaurants on two floors, is located in the vault under the cathedral . It forms part of the Montreal underground city ; There are direct accesses to the Center Eaton shopping center and the McGill underground station .
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Photos of the cathedral
Individual evidence
- ^ Lieu historique national du Canada de la Cathédrale Christ Church. In: Lieux patrimoniaux du Canada. Parks Canada, accessed January 2, 2012 (French).
- ^ Christ Church buildings. Christ Church Cathedral (English) ( Memento from March 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ FAQs and Urban Myths. Christ Church Cathedral (English) ( Memento from October 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b The Development of 1987-88. Church Cathedral (English) ( Memento from September 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Information on the organ ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 45 ° 30 ′ 13.1 ″ N , 73 ° 34 ′ 12 ″ W.