Notre-Dame de Quebec

Notre-Dame de Quebec

The Cathedral Basilica of Notre-Dame de Quebec is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec . It is located in the old town (Vieux-Québec) opposite the Hôtel de Ville and is attached to the Séminaire de Québec (not to be confused with the Grand Séminaire de Québec ).

history

inside view

Notre-Dame de Québec is the oldest seat of a diocese north of Mexico and the oldest parish church in North America. In 1874 it was the first church to be raised to the rank of a minor basilica .

The first building dates from 1647. It was destroyed in 1759 during the siege of Québec by the British. The new building erected a few years later burned down on December 22, 1922. The present church was built from 1923 to 1930. Since June 23, 1966 it has been a listed building as the Bien culturel de Québec , and since January 1, 1989 it has been a National Historic Site of Canada ( Lieu historique national du Canada ).

Architecture and equipment

During the reconstruction in the 1920s, the cathedral was built on the basis of the previous buildings. The architectural style and the furnishings are based on the styles of pre-revolutionary French classicism ( Louis-seize style). Notre-Dame is a three-aisled east - facing basilica with an ambulatory . Of the two towers of the show facade in the west, only the southern one is fully executed with an octagonal upper storey and double lantern ; the north ends in a square stump.

Organs

View of the main organ

The cathedral has three organs , all of which were built in the 1920s by the organ builder Casavant Frères . The large main organ on the west gallery was completed in 1927. The instrument has 70 stops on four manual works and a pedal . The playing and stop actions are electro-pneumatic.

I positive C – c 4 Montre 8th' Bourdon 8th' Prestant 4 ′ Flute 4 ′ Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Duplicate 2 ′ Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Larigot 1 3 ⁄ 3  ′ Plein-jeu IV Cymbals III Trumpets 8th' Cromorne 8th' Clairon 4 ′ Tremolo

II Grand Orgue C – c 4 Montre 16 ′ Montre 8th' Flûte harmonique 8th' Bourdon 8th' Prestant 4 ′ Flute 4 ′ Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Duplicate 2 ′ Cornet V Grande fourniture IV Fittings V. Cymbals IV Bombard 16 ′ Trumpets 8th' Clairon 4 ′

III Récit expr. C-c 4 Bourdon 16 ′ Principal 8th' Viole de gambe 8th' Voix céleste 8th' Bourdon à cheminée 8th' Prestant 4 ′ Flûte octaviante 4 ′ Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Flute 2 ′ Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Sesquialtera II Mixture IV Cymbals III Bombard 16 ′ Trumpets 8th' Hautbois 8th' Voix humaine 8th' Clairon 4 ′ Tremolo

IV Résonnance C – c 4 Bourdon 16 ′ Flute 8th' Bourdon 8th' Gros nazard 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Prestant 4 ′ Flute 4 ′ Big tierce 3 1 ⁄ 5  ′ Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Flute 2 ′ Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Tremolo

Pedale C – g 1 Flûte résultante 32 ′ Montre 16 ′ Flute 16 ′ Bourdon 16 ′ Montre 8th' Flute 8th' Bourdon 8th' Prestant 4 ′ Flute 4 ′ Fittings IV Trombones 16 ′ Bombard 16 ′ Trumpets 8th' Clairon 4 ′

Graves

Four governors of New France are buried in the cathedral basilica:

• Louis de Buade , Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau (1622–1698), Governor 1672–1682 and 1689–1698
• Hector de Callières (1648–1703), governor 1698–1703
• Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil (around 1643–1725), governor 1703–1725
• Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de La Jonquière , Marquis de La Jonquière (1685–1752), Governor 1749–1752

In addition, Notre-Dame de Québec is the necropolis of the bishops and archbishops of Québec. The first bishop, François de Montmorency-Laval , rests inside the church, the rest in the crypt .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ More information about the organs

Web links

Commons : Basilique-cathédrale Notre-Dame de Québec  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• The Notre-Dame de Québec website
• Notre-Dame de Québec on the website of the Patrimoine culturel du Québec
• Description on Églises de Québec
• The three Casavant organs

Coordinates: 46 ° 48 '49.6 "  N , 71 ° 12' 22.2"  W.