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Interior of the Saint-Télesphore Catholic church, Saint-Télesphore, 2010

Color photograph, long shot of church interior richly decorated with murals on the walls and columns, two large pieces of fabric green and red are suspended above the nave. On the back gallery, a photograph and a large pipe organ.

© Sébastien Daviau, 2010 – Musée régional de Vaudreuil-Soulanges

The Saint-Télesphore church was finished in 1882 and still boasts its original interior decoration. Completed in 1894 by painter François-Édouard Meloche (1855-1914) and his collaborator Toussaint-Xénophon Renaud (1860-1946), it includes a mural using stencils and trompe-l’oeil techniques. In addition to the religious characters, the decor includes rosettes, niches, drapes and medallions. The impressive columns are painted in imitation marble. The church also has an organ built in 1906 by Joseph-Émile Pépin.