Chapelle des Ursulines in Quebec, Quebec

About

Get directions 12 Rue Donnacona
Quebec, Capitale-Nationale Region, Quebec G1R 3Y7 Canada

Coordinates: 46.81215, -71.20778
Cemetery ID:

Members have Contributed

About these numbers These percentages indicate the number of Find a Grave memorials that have a grave photo or GPS coordinates. We don't know the total number of burials in a cemetery, so we cannot calculate a percentage of those with memorials, photos or GPS coordinates.

Photos

See 2 more

3 open photo requests.

The Ursuline Convent of Québec City, founded in 1639, is the oldest institution of learning for women in North America. Today, the convent operates an historical museum and teaching centre. The convent has many of its original walls intact and houses a little chapel and a museum. It is located at 12 Rue Donnacona in the middle of the historical district of Québec City, which is recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage District. The associated school has two campuses. In the Québec City campus, there are more than four hundred girls enrolled from pre-school through primary school (5 to 12 years). There is also a coeducational campus in Loretteville.

As it still appears today, the interior decor of the chapel at the Ursuline Convent of Québec City features one of the most beautiful collections of sculpted wood in the province. Although it has undergone changes over the years, it remains a significant example of Québec art prior to 1759. The chapel was begun in 1723 and completed in 1739 for the celebration of the centennial of the arrival of the Ursulines in Québec City. Three main elements make up its interior design—the pulpit, the Sacred Heart altarpiece and the main altarpiece—and were moved to the current chapel, which dates from 1902. Adjacent to the chapel, to the right, is the oratory of Marie de l'Incarnation, erected in memory of the founder in 1972 on the 300th anniversary of her death.