Ursuline Convent Attic

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Ursuline convent attic. Built of stucco covered brick the new building also known as old ursuline convent is typical for the french neoclassical architecture. You can also visit the marvellous chapel. 91 987 0247 500 email. Anyway the real story is about what the hell they keep in that attic which has five windows covered by wooden shutters.

No applied orders of pilasters or columns relieved the plain walls. Today it houses the archdiocese of new orleans. From the schoolyard visit the beautiful courtyard and garden distinctive stone hallway and attic where the sisters keep their personal lockers. Photo measures 10 x 8 25 inches.

If you look at the ursuline convent you ll notice that all of its attic. The doors and windows use simple molding while a pediment underscores the main entrance. It is a formal symmetrical building severely designed in its lack of ornamentation. Ursuline convent senior secondary school sector 36 rho 1 plot no.

The structure uses brick between post construction covered by a white plaster simulating stone on the corners and central bay. Historic images part number. Local legend or lore. This is one of the most impressive religious complexes in québec.

Photo is dated 03 18 1980. And to this day the original caskets are still stored in the attic at the ursuline convent. The third floor dormer windows hold the fascination for this mystery as their shutters remain tightly sealed. Our hot male tour guide told the most fascinating story about the ursuline convent on chartres and ursuline streets built in 1752.

1980 press photo attic storeroom of the ursuline convent. Attic storeroom of the ursuline convent. The old ursuline convent s facade is simple with twelve bays two floors and an attic level made of three dormers. Or so the folklore goes.

Nightly groups of tourists stand in the dark across from the old ursuline convent at 1100 chartres street engaged in the legend of french vampire maidens held captive for close to three centuries in the third floor attic. The ursuline convent claims there is nothing stored in the third floor attic while local legend holds that all of the attic windows are sealed by nails and screws blessed by the pope. The doors and windows use simple molding while a pediment underscores the main entrance. The structure uses brick between post construction covered by a white plaster simulating stone on the corners and central bay.