Basilique Saint-Anne-de-Beaupre

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Of all the churches we visited this was my favourite.

The ceilings are covered in mosaics with lots of shiny gold tiles.

The floor mosaics are in cooler colours.
A woman doing science experiments.

There are lots of geometric mosaic patterns on the floors...

...and on the walls. All most inspiring.

In one of the chapels there is a coarser mosaic on each roof arch.

Not fine work but somehow very appealing by providing a human scale in this massive building.
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