Church of the Gesù
The Church of the Gesù is a Catholic parish in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located at 1202 Bleury Street in the borough of Ville-Marie. Its basement doubles as a popular music venue.Photo: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Concierge.2C, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Arts center
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: arts center and former church building in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Also known as: “Centre de Créativité- Le Gesù”, “Église du Gesú”, and “Le Gesù”
- Address: 1202 Rue De Bleury, Montréal, QC H3B 3J3
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal and St. James United Church.
Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
Museum
Photo: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal is a contemporary art museum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located on the Place des festivals in the Quartier des spectacles and is part of the Place des Arts complex. Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal is situated 270 metres north of Church of the Gesù.
St. James United Church
Church
Photo: Ancien et moderne, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint James United Church is a heritage church in the city's downtown core of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is a Protestant church affiliated with the United Church of Canada. St. James United Church is situated 190 metres west of Church of the Gesù.
St. Patrick’s Basilica, Montreal
Church
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Saint Patrick's Basilica is a Roman Catholic minor basilica on René-Lévesque Boulevard in Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Pope John Paul II raised the shrine to the status of Minor Basilica via his decree Quæ Per Orbem on 9 December 1988. St. Patrick’s Basilica, Montreal is situated 240 metres southeast of Church of the Gesù.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Quartier des spectacles and Old Montreal.
Quartier des spectacles
Neighborhood
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Quartier des Spectacles is an arts and entertainment district located in the eastern section of Downtown Montreal, designed as a centre for Montreal's cultural events and festivals.
Old Montreal
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Old Montreal is what many visitors come to Montreal for: old cobblestoned streets lined with buildings dating from the 17th through 19th centuries, grand old French restaurants, history museums, and the riverfront Old Port.
Downtown Montreal
Photo: Poco a poco, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Downtown is the central business district of Montreal, and home to its largest concentration of museums, art galleries and shopping, and to the Mont-Royal Park and Montreal's Chinatown.
Church of the Gesù
- Categories: church, cultural center, building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Ville-Marie, Montreal, Urban agglomeration of Montreal, Southwestern Quebec, Quebec, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.50546° or 45° 30′ 20″ northLongitude
-73.5662° or 73° 33′ 58″ westOpen location code
87Q8GC4M+5GOpenStreetMap ID
way 21345700OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=arts_centreOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q14364527
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Turkish—“Church of the Gesù” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه جيسو”
- French: “Centre de Créativité- Le Gesù”
- French: “Église du Gesù de Montréal”
- French: “église du Gesù”
- French: “Gésu, Montréal”
- French: “Le Gesù”
- German: “Église du Gesù (Montreal)”
- German: “Église du Gesù”
- Swedish: “Église du Gesù, Montréal”
- Swedish: “Église du Gesù”
- Turkish: “Église du Gesù”
- Turkish: “Gesù Kilisesi”
- “Centre de Créativité- Le Gesù”
- “Église du Gesù”
- “Le Gesù”
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