Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal is a Roman catholic minor basilica and national shrine in Montreal. It is largest Canadian church.
It was a small chapel on the slopes of Mount Royal. Soon it becomes too small for growing number of gathering. And, in 1917 a large church was made with seating capacity of 1000 people. Father Paul Bellot, an architect designed the dome of the church and completed it in 1939. The dome is the third largest in the world. In 1951, Gilbert Moreau architect made improvement to the interior of the church and adjacent monastery.
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