Thursday, May 6, 2010

A Culture Tour of Montreal




Or shall I say a portion of it. There are pictures here that were taken within on shopping centre in which I had met with the staff as well and then on a day off it was out to down town a part of Montreal that is within the university area and hosts some very interesting areas for one to see.

This is really the first time I was within the heart of downtown. From the Notre Dame Bascillica - to two other churches as they were just within the local. However when you enter them it was truly something to see.

Then the subway system here and the Standard Trust Building which is owned by a famous family called the Betall Family. There was so much happening within the city that within just this section I was able to get a few pictures. Smiling a few. Well I guess there is plenty on this camera not to mention another.

What facinated me the most was this one church and the art work. It`s not as large as the Notre Dame Bascilica yet the art on the walls was breathtaking you would have thought that Picasso was there literally.

Montreal City....its very hard to define as there is so much intertwined.

44 comments:

  1. unusual to have .this statue--in Quebec..it looks an interesting city .lots of history :)

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  2. Nice... for a second I though those birds were an extention of the trees branch.

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  3. interesting metal work, lovely shapes here.

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  4. very nice the trees make the entrance very appealing

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  5. beautiful doors, very decorative

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  6. this one has the ahhhhhh factor !

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  7. pale blue and gold, lovely combination of colours

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  8. this is so similar to a bank in Edinburgh.............in fact a lot of these buildings lok very similar to the buildings of Edinburgh

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  9. what an impressive building, imposing

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  10. beautiful colours, o fresh looking

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  11. This place and all that is here is as new to me....I was astonished with it all. Truly Gigi...

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  12. Very much so, as I never have been right down town here in Montreal like this and it was. I thought I would take a picture before I went up to see what I could take.

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  13. I thought at first this was a bank as well however this was the Bascilica Notre Dame...

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  14. Beautiful....Great photos Jack...

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  15. these were all so beautiful. thank you for sharing :)

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  16. As mentioned I could not believe all the areas covered within this vicinity I never would have imagine so many places within a few blocks.

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  17. This was not the Notre Dame Basilica yet it was magnificent. I never expected to see a so much within such a small area. It truly was breath taking when the door was opened. The ambassador of the church look for a something for me to write on it with. All the brochures were empty yet the colours to the place were breath taking.

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  18. Regardless of faith or otherwise this is breathtaking I am not sure that the crypt is working on here but it was something else.

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