Mont Royal Cross
The Mont Royal Cross ( French Croix du mont Royal ) is a 31.4 meter high Christian monument in the form of a steel cross on Mont Royal , the local mountain of the Canadian city of Montreal . It stands on the north-eastern part of the mountain, so it is easy to recognize from the eastern part of the city and is one of its landmarks .
history
According to legend, the French officer and city founder Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve (1612–1676) set up the first wooden cross on Mont Royal in 1643. This act was the fulfillment of a vow he made to Mary , whom he implored in prayers for the end of a catastrophic flood.
Today's cross, illuminated at night, was initiated by the Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Montréal (Society of John the Baptist) and was erected in 1924. The original design by the priest Pierre Sulpician Dupaigne provided for a viewing platform in the arms of the cross and a stone pedestal. However, the project remained unfinished due to insufficient financial resources. In 1992, the lighting was converted to fiber optics so that lighting in the colors red, blue and purple was possible. That year, the city's 350th birthday was also celebrated and a time capsule with drawings by around 12,000 children was buried at the foot of the monument . The subject of the drawings are visions of the future of the city; the capsule is scheduled to open in 2142.
From September 2008 the cross was repaired and rebuilt within five months, and the lighting was converted to LED technology. The cost of the work was Canadian $ 2 million and was borne by the City of Quebec and the Ministry of Culture of the Province of Quebec.
On March 28, 2009, the lights on the cross were switched off for one hour as part of the Earth Hour environmental protection campaign .
description
The cross is made of 26 tons of steel. The 1,830 individual parts are held together by around 6,000 rivets. It is 31.40 meters high and has a wingspan of 11 meters. Since the conversion to LED technology, the cross has been illuminated by 158 elements with 18 light-emitting diodes each. At night the cross is always illuminated in white, but is also illuminated with other colors depending on the occasion. Traditionally, the cross shines purple when the sedis vacancy . At the time of incandescent lamp irradiation, each light bulb was exchanged for a purple one. The cross lights up red on World AIDS Day and blue on St. John 's Day (June 24th).
Cross illuminated at night
Cross during the 2005 Sedis vacancy
The cross from the Plateau Mont Royal
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Walking tour: Croix du Mont-Royal
- ↑ Petite histoire de la croix du mont Royal ( Memento of the original dated November 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ cyberpresse.ca: Nouvel éclairage pour la croix du mont Royal , February 4, 2009
Coordinates: 45 ° 30 ′ 31.8 " N , 73 ° 35 ′ 15.8" W.