Mount Royal Cross

The Mont -Royal Cross ( French Croix du mont Royal) is a 31.4 -meter-high Christian monument in the form of a steel cross on Mount Royal, the mountain of the Canadian city of Montreal. It stands on the north-eastern part of the mountain, making it especially from the eastern part of the city can be clearly seen and is regarded as one of its landmarks.

History

According to legend, the French officer and founder, Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve city (1612-1676) in 1643, the first wooden cross on Mount Royal on. This act was the fulfillment of a vow he made Mary, whom he besought prayers to the end of a disastrous flood.

Today, floodlit cross goes back to the initiative of the Société Saint -Jean -Baptiste de Montréal ( St John the Baptist Society) and was built in 1924. The original design of the priest Pierre Sulpician Dupaigne foresaw a viewing platform in the arms of the cross and a stone base. However, the project was never completed due to lack of sufficient funds. In 1992 they built the lighting to fiber, so that a light in the colors red, blue and purple was possible. This year, we also celebrated the 350th anniversary of the city and buried at the foot of the monument, a time capsule with drawings of some 12,000 children. The theme of the drawings are visions of the future of the city; it is intended to open the capsule in the year 2142.

From September 2008, the cross was repaired and rebuilt within five months, and upgraded the lighting to LED technology. The cost of the work amounted to two million Canadian dollars and were charged against the City and the Ministry of Culture of the Province of Quebec.

On 28 March 2009, the lighting of the Cross in the wake of environmental action Earth Hour was turned off for one hour.

Description

The cross is made of 26 tons of steel. The 1,830 items are held together by around 6,000 rivets. It is 31.40 meters high and has a wingspan of 11 meters. Since the conversion to LED technology the cross of 158 elements is illuminated with 18 LEDs. At night, the Cross is always illuminated in white, but is illuminated ad hoc basis with other colors. Traditionally, the cross shines the Holy See is vacant purple. At the time of irradiation light bulbs were exchanged to each light bulb against a purple. On World AIDS Day the Cross for St. John's ( 24 June) lights red, blue.

Cross during the period of vacancy in 2005

The cross from the Plateau Mont Royal