Saint-Dominique Church () is a

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church in

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. It was constructed between 1929 and 1930. In 2014, the church was added to the

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History

The Dominicans arrived in Quebec City in 1906. They worked out of the Chapel of St. Dominic. In 1925, after nearly twenty years there, the chapel became home to a

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.Grenier, ''De Ciel et de pierre de bois et de lumiére'', pp. 1-20. After a few years, the

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became too large for the chapel, so St. Dominic's Church was built to replace the chapel. It was built in the style of English Gothic Revival and the first

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was celebrated in the church at 25 December 1930.

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File:Eglise Saint-Dominique, Quebec 02.jpg, West side of the church Église Saint-Dominique 2.jpg, Front entrance File:St. Dominic Church interior, Quebec City.JPG, Interior

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