Mary Queen of The World Cathedral - Side View in HDR Wood Print

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I took another close up of the Cathedral in side view. I loved the architecture and sculpture of the Cathedral, mingled with the modern building style in downtown Montreal.
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Mary, Queen of the World, Cathedral (French: Cathedrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde) is a minor basilica in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and the seat of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Montreal. It is the third largest church in Quebec after St. Joseph's Oratory (also in Montreal) and the Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre east of Quebec City.
The construction of the cathedral was ordered by Mgr. Ignace Bourget, second bishop of Montreal, to replace the former Saint-Jacques Cathedral which had burned in 1852. His choice to create a scale model of Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome was in response to a rivalry with the Sulpician order who had been the feudal seigneurs of Montreal, and with the Anglican Church, both of which favoured...

Resides in Toronto. I love travel, nature, animal, photography, watching movies and listen to light music. I enjoy any artistic work and appreciate art in general. I believe I have the gift of visualizing everything are born beautiful. Beauty of nature as God's magical creation Self taught photographer since 1980. I believe I have this talent when I first owned the film-loaded camera. My photo interests include: Landscape, nature, flower macros, art work, night photograph, portrait and still work. ACHIEVEMENTS: - Selected as "FEATURE ARTISTS OF THE WEEK" in Fine Art America Weekly FUN For ALL Mediums Group, 10/19/2012 - "Christmas Spirit at Niagara Falls" won the Imagination Category in Metro Photo Challenge 2011 - Canada...