La I-Notre-Dame basilica ibekwe kwindawo enembali yeOld Montreal, e Montreal, KwiPhondo laseQuebec. Icawe ibekwe kwi-110 West Notre-Dame Street, kwikona yeSitalato iSulpice. Ime ecaleni kweSaint-Sulpice Seminary kwaye ijongane neNdawo d »Imikhosi.
Uyilo lwecawa yohlobo lweGothic yenye yezona zinto zibalulekileyo emhlabeni, kwaye ingaphakathi lalo likhulu kwaye linemibala, isilingi yalo imnyama buluhlaza kwaye ihonjiswe ngeenkwenkwezi zegolide, kwaye yonke enye ingcwele iyi-blues polychrome, iAzores, reds, purple, isilivere negolide.
Izele ngamakhulu emifanekiso eqingqiweyo eyenziwe ngomthi nemifanekiso eqingqiweyo eyahlukahlukeneyo yonqulo. Ngokungaqhelekanga kwicawa, iifestile zeglasi ezigqityiweyo ecaleni kweendonga ezingcwele azibonisi zibhayibhile, kodwa zichaza imbali yezenkolo yaseMontreal. Inelungu lombhobho laseCasavant Frères, lomhla we-1891 nangaphezulu kwama-9.000 imibhobho nganye kunye nebhodi enyovwayo.
Imvelaphi yayo ibuyela emva ngexesha likaBhishophu uIgnace Bourget, owongamele ukwakhiwa kwayo emva kokutsha kwecawa enkulu yamaKatolika ngo-1852. Ukwakhiwa kwaqala ngo-1875 ukuya ku-1894.
Ubume besiphumo sigubungela ngaphantsi kwekota yomhlaba ophefumlelweyo waseRoma. Eyona nto inomtsalane yiCawa engama-252 ubude. Ingaphakathi alonwabisi kangako kunangaphandle, kodwa isibingelelo esiphambili sikulungele ukutyelelwa.
I-basilica ibonelela ngenkqubo yomculo yekwayara kunye nemidlalo yeqonga. Kuyisiko phakathi kwabahlali baseMontréal ukuya kwindibano kaDisemba ka-Handel kaMesiya yonyaka ngamnye kwiKrisimesi.
I-basilica ngoku ihlawulisa imali yokungena ye- $ 5.00 kubakhenkethi, ngaphandle kokuba babekhona ukuya kubuninzi. "Kwaye kwabakho ukuKhanya," umboniso wesandi kunye nokukhanya ochaza ngembali yecawa, ikwanikezelwa ngokuhlwa, ngoLwesibini ukuya ngoMgqibelo (amatikiti ayi- $ 10 yabantu abadala [18], $ 9 kubantu abadala abadala kunye ne- $ 5 yabantwana kunye nabantu abadala abancinci).