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Church of La Visitation-de-la-Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie
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45°34′14″N 73°39′41″W / 45.570500°N 73.661493°W / 45.570500; -73.661493
Location 1847, Gouin Boulevard East, Montreal
Country Canada
Denomination Roman Catholic
History
Status Church
Founder(s) Guillaume Chambon
Dedication Virgin Mary
Consecrated 1752 by Henri-Marie Dubreil de Pontbriand
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Philippe Liébert
Architectural type Church
Groundbreaking 1749
Completed 1752
Specifications
Materials Fieldstone

L'Église de la Visitation de la Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie (English: Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary) is a church in the neighbourhood of Recollet Falls in Montreal. The oldest church on the island of Montreal, it was built between 1749 and 1752.

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