La Basilique Notre-Dame / Notre-Dame Basilica

Constructed from 1824 to 1829 and completed in the early 1840s, this imposing basilica was the first significant example of Gothic Revival style in Canada. Built as a parish church to designs by Irish American architect James O’Donnell, it is an outstanding example of the style’s early Romantic phase, characterized by the application of medieval features such as pointed arches, battlements, and pinnacles to a classically influenced, symmetrical form. The use of the Gothic Revival for such an important building heralded the prominence the style would have in Canadian architecture.

Quebec · Canada