Re: Re: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches
The church of St-Francois-de-Salles, Neuville, Quebec (1854 but inocrporating elements from an ealier churche 1761-1773 and an amazing baldachino dating from 1695 the prototype for which is to be found in teh Bal-de-Grace in Paris). The rebuilt nave was accomplished by the school of Baillairgé.
It is perhaps worth noting the similarities between this facade and that of St JOhn the Baptist in Kinsale, Co. Cork, the work of Brother Michael Augustine Riordan dating from 10 years earlier.
The famous baldacchino:
And its prototype in the Val-de-Grace in paris which was begun in 1645:
