Landmarks, Monuments & Built Heritage of the West
Old and New St. Boniface Cathedrals
In 1972 a new St. Boniface Cathedral was built within the ruins of the St. Boniface Cathedral that was mostly destroyed by fire in 1968. This design was able to retain a portion of an existing francophone landmark that might have otherwised been torn down and use it to create a new landmark. In this photograph you can see the new St. Boniface Cathedral with the brown roof behind the remains of the Cathedral that burned.