Église catholique Saint-Norbert

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• Angèle G★★★★★11 months ago

  An impressive interior with intricate woodwork, vaulted ceilings, and architectural details... guided tours offer insightful stories about the village, including anecdotes. Open to visitors by prior arrangement. A model and exhibition about the village of Cap-Chat are also located at the rear.

• Gérard Martineau★★★★☆8 years ago

  The church in Cap-Chat is of heritage interest for its historical value as a witness to the town's development. The establishment of a permanent population in the area likely dates back to 1812. A first place of worship was probably erected in 1825 to serve this nascent community. A second replaced it in 1858; the parish was officially established in 1864, under the name of Saint-Norbert. A new church was built ten years later on the current site. The institutional core of the community took shape around the place of worship. The ever-growing population at the beginning of the 20th century necessitated a larger building. It was in this context that the current church was built, from 1917 to 1919, just east of the previous one. It thus constitutes a privileged witness to the history of Cap-Chat and its development in the first decades of the 20th century. The church in Cap-Chat is also of heritage interest for its architectural value. It testifies to the influence of the eclectic movement in early 20th-century religious architecture. Eclecticism is an assemblage of architectural and ornamental elements drawn from various historical styles and combined more freely, in a quest for monumentality and new visual effects. The Catholic Church in Quebec frequently used this approach in the construction of its places of worship and other parish buildings, beginning in the late 19th century. The church in Cap-Chat belongs to this movement, notably through the imposing volume of its semi-detached bell tower and transepts. The use of varied architectural elements, such as arched openings, rose windows and oculus, pediments, gables, pilasters, and stringcourses, are also hallmarks of this style. The ornamentation, concentrated primarily on the tower and its steeple, also reflects this pursuit of monumentality. Furthermore, the church stands out from most Gaspé places of worship, which are generally made of wood, due to its masonry constructed from local granite blocks quarried from the beach. The Cap-Chat church also has heritage value due to its association with the architect Thomas Raymond (who died in 1922). Raymond practiced in Quebec City towards the end of the 19th century and designed several buildings in the Saint-Roch district. He was one of the founding members of the Association of Architects of the Province of Quebec. During the first two decades of the 20th century, he designed several churches in the Lower St. Lawrence and Gaspé regions. The Cap-Chat church is one of this architect's most accomplished works in the region. Source: City of Cap-Chat, 2008.

• Simon Portelance★★★★☆3 years ago

  I was part of the Cherubs choir in 2000 (I was 7 years old), directed by Mario Pierre Levesque, and I sang Christmas songs (for example, "Angels We Have Heard on High"). I give it 4 out of 5 stars because it was a little hot.

• Annie Lapierre★★★★☆7 years ago

  Beautiful church, part of the heritage, facing the sea, magnificent!

• Gaston Therrien★★★★☆6 years ago

  Beautiful church, very beautiful inside

• Marie-Joëlle Gélinas★★★★★7 years ago

  Very beautiful church

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