(Montreal) A small group hopes to reopen the Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré cyclorama which closed its doors in 2018.
The Cyclorama of Jerusalem is a panoramic work by the French painter Paul Philippoteaux. It measures 14 meters in height by 110 meters in circumference. It is located in a rotunda built near the basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré. It was installed there in 1895.
The work describes what the city of Jerusalem may have looked like at the time of Jesus’ crucifixion.
The group of volunteers is trying to find a way to reopen the place to the public. He is helping the family, who are the current owners, to find a buyer who could make the place prosper again.
Pierre Blouin, who is a member of this family, wrote a long article last summer for the magazine Reader’s Digest in the hope of attracting a possible buyer.
No timeline has been set for a possible reopening, but the group hopes to achieve this soon.
The canvas and the rotunda were classified as heritage sites by the Quebec government in 2019.