Building and Gardens
Founded in 1657, by the Society of Saint-Sulpice, the seminary was dedicated to the education of secular priests and to mission work among native peoples in New France.
Saint-Sulpice Seminary was built 1684 and 1687. The Messrs of Saint-Sulpice, priests of the Notre-Dame parish, are seigneurs of the island of Montréal expanded the structure in the early 18th Century. Its clock, constructed in 1701, is the oldest of its kind in North America. Its gardens are also the oldest on the continent.
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