- Church of La Visitation-de-la-Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie
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Church of La Visitation-de-la-Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie
Coordinates: 45°34′14″N 73°39′41″W / 45.570500°N 73.661493°W Location 1847, Gouin Boulevard, Montreal Country Canada Denomination Roman Catholic History Founder(s) Guillaume Chambon Dedication Virgin Mary Consecrated 1752 by Henri-Marie Dubreil de Pontbriand Architecture Status Church Functional status Active Architect(s) Philippe Liébert Architectural type Church Groundbreaking 1749 Completed 1752 Specifications Materials Fieldstone The Church of La Visitation-de-la-Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie (in French: Église de la Visitation de la Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie) is a church in the neighbourhood of Recollet Falls in Montreal. The oldest church on the island of Montreal, it was built between 1749 and 1752.
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History of Montreal Topics Hochelaga · Fort Ville-Marie · Notre-Dame de Montréal · Governor of Montreal · Hôtel-Dieu · Saint-Sulpice Seminary · Battle of Long Sault · Old Montreal · Great Peace of Montreal · Citadel · Grey Nuns · 1732 earthquake · Capitulation of Montreal · American occupation · North West Company · Bank of Montreal · Lachine Canal · List of Mayors · Burning of the Parliament · Gavazzi Riots · Victoria Bridge · Golden Square Mile · Oldest buildings · Ouimetoscope · St. Lawrence Seaway · Expo 67 · Sir George Williams Computer Riot · Murray-Hill riot · October Crisis · Montreal Urban Community · 1976 Summer Olympics · Overdale · Montreal Protocol · École Polytechnique massacre · Montreal merger · Dawson College shooting · National Historic Sites in MontrealTimeline Pre-European period • 16th Century • 1600s • 1610s • 1620s • 1630s • 1640s • 1650s • 1660s • 1670s • 1680s • 1690s • 1700s • 1710s • 1720s • 1730s • 1740s • 1750s • 1760s • 1770s • 1780s • 1790s • 1800s • 1810s • 1820s • 1830s • 1840s • 1850s • 1860s • 1870s • 1880s • 1890s • 1900s • 1910s • 1920s • 1930s • 1940s • 1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000sCategories:- Religious buildings completed in 1752
- Churches in Montreal
- Roman Catholic churches in Quebec
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- French Colonial architecture in Canada
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