Chapelle des Ursulines, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Chapel of the Ursuline Monastery, or Chapelle des Ursulines, with altarpiece and pulpit made from sculpted and gilded wood, 1723-39 by Pierre-Noel Levasseur, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Ursuline Convent was founded in 1639 and is the oldest girls school on the continent. The chapel was built 1723-39 for the centennial of the arrival of the Ursulines in Quebec City. The building now houses a museum, the Musee des Ursulines de Quebec. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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