Thursday Doors – March 17, 2016

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Notre-Dame Cathedral/Basilica – Ottawa, Ontario

A few weekends ago we were in our national capital, Ottawa for the Canadian men’s curling championship. Yes I know folks, with me the ‘excitement’ never stops 😉

While there we took the time to visit a few of the major museums including the Canadian War Museum and the National Gallery which is shown below:

Right across the street from the Gallery is this wonderful piece of early 1840’s Gothic Revival architecture, the Notre-Dame Basilica Cathedral

I put the wide angle lens on the camera and we went over to have a closer look:

Yes, the carved and painted interior mentioned on the plaque is quite impressive to behold, but this place also has some wonderful doors:

As a National Historic Site the building, its doors, facade and steeples are very well maintained:

I’m learning to take the time to walk around the entire exterior of a building whenever possible because often enough, the side and rear doors hold nice surprises as well:

I took a number of nice shots of the interior which I’ll be using in future non-doors posts but here is one of several old wooden interior doors that lead into the main Cathedral:

Here’s a quick teaser to give you an idea of how full this place is of of rich, ornate, and colourful elements – the interior is truly impressive:

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