点评:This is the large domed Catholic Church and Minor Basilica situated to the southwest of Mount Royal. Construction was completed in 1967 in Italian Renaissance style and shares resemblance to Sacré-Cœur Basilica in Paris. It is very impressive viewing from the outside and as you approach the complex up the various lifts and stairways.
The Oratory complex is open from 6.30am to 9pm daily. We recently visited before 7am, arriving before the large tour buses began to pull into the large carpark. It was nice viewing the Art Deco interior of the main basilica before many other tourists had arrived. It is a nice contrast to the exterior of the oratory and display of 20th-century artworks, stained glass, wood carvings, hanging ring neat the main altar.
There is a also second more traditional chapel, crypt, small museum, cafe, gift shop along with public toilets and garden. We also enjoyed seeing the St. Joseph monument in front of the Oratory as well as the 'Angels Unawares' sculpture (2022) reproduction by Timothy Schmalz on one of the upper terrance levels. This is the same as the original work (2019) that you can see in front of St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican. All in all, our visit lasted around one hour which seemed about right.
翻译:这是位于皇家山西南的大型圆顶天主教堂和圣殿。它建于1967年,采用意大利文艺复兴风格,与巴黎的圣心大教堂颇为相似。从外部观看,以及乘坐电梯和楼梯拾级而上,都能感受到它令人印象深刻的气势。
圣堂建筑群每天上午6:30至晚上9:00开放。我们最近一次参观是在早上7点之前,在大型旅游巴士开始驶入大型停车场之前到达。在其他游客到来之前,欣赏主教堂的装饰艺术风格内饰,真是令人赏心悦目。它与圣堂的外部以及20世纪艺术品、彩色玻璃、木雕和主祭坛周围的吊环形成了鲜明的对比。
此外,这里还有另一个更传统的小教堂、地下室、小型博物馆、咖啡馆、礼品店以及公共卫生间和花园。我们还欣赏了圣堂前的圣约瑟夫纪念碑,以及位于上层露台之一的蒂莫西·施马尔茨(Timothy Schmalz)复制的雕塑《不自觉的天使》(2022)。这件作品与梵蒂冈圣彼得大教堂前的原作(2019)完全相同。总而言之,我们的参观持续了大约一个小时,感觉还算合适。