Notre-Dame-des-Victoires at Twilight Quebec City Cananda
by Dawna Moore Photography
Title
Notre-Dame-des-Victoires at Twilight Quebec City Cananda
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Dawna Moore Photography
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Photograph - Nature Photography
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Notre-Dame-des-Victoires is a small Roman Catholic stone church in the Lower Town of Quebec City. Construction was started in 1687 on site of Champlain's habitation and was completed in 1723.
Originally dedicated to l'Enfant J�sus, it received the name Notre-Dame-de-la-Victoire following the Battle of Quebec of 1690, in which an English expedition commanded by William Phips was forced to retreat. In 1711, its name was changed again, to Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, after bad weather had sunk a British fleet commanded by Hovenden Walker.
The church was largely destroyed by the British bombardment that preceded the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in September 1759. A complete restoration of the church was finished in 1816. The film Catch Me If You Can was filmed at this location.
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February 5th, 2013
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