Saint-Dominique church, Quebec City. Screenshot of GoogleMap streetview, April 2012.
Saint-Dominique church in Quebec City has been classified a provincial heritage building by Hélène David, the minister of Culture and Communications and Minister responsable for the Protection and Promotion of the French language. The church was built by the Dominicans who first settled in the city in 1906.
Described as one of the most beautiful churches in the city, Saint-Dominique was built on the prestigious Grande-Allée between 1929 and 1930.
The Corporation du patrimoine et du tourisme réligieux de Québec describes the church’s cultural importance:
The church has an exceptional artistic and cultural heritage value. Architect J. Albert LaRue of Montréal made use of the English neo-Gothic style in a most striking fashion. The stained-glass windows, produced by the Maison Chigot in Limoges (France), evoke the Mysteries of the Rosary. The sculptures (close to five hundred of them) by Lauréat Vallière, master-sculptor at the école de Sculpture de Saint-Romuald, present us with the Word of God, which is drawn from the Scriptures, evoked by nature, and stammered by human.
It took 14 years for artist Lauréat Vallière to sculpt the interior, making it one of the greatest collections of of wood sculpture in the province.
More information about the church is available on the Corporation du patrimoine et du tourisme réligieux de Québec website.
