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Basilique-Cathédrale Notre-Dame-De-Québec
The interior is appropriately grandiose, though most of the basilica's treasures didn't survive the 1922 fire that left behind only the walls and foundations. Everyone from governors of New France to archbishops and cardinals are buried in the crypt below.
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Cathedral Of The Holy Trinity
This elegantly handsome Anglican cathedral was the first built outside the British Isles, oak was imported from Windsor Castle's 'Royal Forest' just to make the pews. The royal box is in the upper left balcony if you are facing the altar. (Look for the royal coat of arms.) The bell tower, 47m-high, competes for attention with the nearby Basilique Notre-Dame. A guide is usually around in the summer and gives free 10-minute tours.
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Église Notre-Dame-Des-Victoires
The oldest stone church in the USA and Canada, dating from 1688, Our Lady of Victories is a modest house of worship on the Place-Royale, Lower Town's principal square. It stands on the very spot where de Champlain set up his 'Habitation,' a small stockade, 80 years prior to the church's arrival. Inside a replica of a wooden ship hangs from the ceiling - the Brézé thought to be a good-luck charm for ocean crossings and battles with the Iroquois.
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