Église Saint-Roch

Église Saint-Roch

Inspired by the architecture from the Middle Ages, Église Saint-Roch combines a Gothic Revival façade with a Romanesque Revival interior. Built between 1914 and 1923, the church attests to the religious architecture revival in Québec, circa 1910. Its architects were Talbot and Dionne, the same who produced the design for the Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré Basilica. Since these two architects passed away during the construction of the church, Louis-Napoléon Audet, an architect who worked on the interior décor of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, was called on to complete it.

Saint-Roch is the largest church in Québec City, measuring 79.5 m (265 ft.) long, 33 m (111 ft.) wide and 45 m (150 ft.) high, including the steeples. The exterior walls are made of black granite from Rivière-à-Pierre in the Portneuf region. The interior is made of marble from Saskatchewan that contains visible traces of fossils. The white oak furnishings, created by Louis-Napoléon Audet, were manufactured by the Villeneuve Studio in Saint-Romuald.