Saint-Jean-Port-Joli's church, built in 1779, is classified historic monument since 1963. One of the greatest piece of architecture of Quebec religious inheritance. Architect Chrysostome Perreault's coffer arch, studded with  4,500 hand carved roses, stays one of the most elegant. The first lord, Philippe-Aubert De Gaspé, author of the famous novel " Les Anciens Canadiens", rests beneath the seigneurial bench. The Easter cierge, the pulpit, and the statues were made by different regional woodcarvers... The silver sanctuary lamp was chisel by Renvoysé, the altar by  François Baillargé and the  tarbernacle by Pierre-Noël Levasseur in carved wood and covered with golden sheets...