St Patrick's Basilica

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  • Address
    460 boul René-Lévesque Ouest, Downtown
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  • Phone
    866 7379
  • Transport
    underground rail: Square-Victoria

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Built for Montréal's booming Irish population in 1847, the interior of St Patrick's Basilica contains huge columns from single pine trunks, an ornate baptismal font and nectar-colored stained-glass windows. The pope raised its status to basilica in 1989, in recognition of its importance to English-speaking Catholics in Montréal. It's a sterling example of French-Gothic style and, as you might expect, is classified a national monument.

The Irish-Canadian patriot D'Arcy McGee was buried here after his assassination in 1868; his pew (No 240) is marked with a small Canadian flag.