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* {{fr}} [http://www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/apropos/vie_democratique/participation_citoyenne/conseils_quartier/lacite/vieuxquebec/index.aspx Vieux-Québec–Cap-Blanc–colline Parlementaire District Council] |
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Revision as of 09:25, 17 January 2012
Old Quebec - Cape Blanc - Parliament Hill
Vieux-Québec–Cap-Blanc–colline Parlementaire | |
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Quartier (district) | |
 The district, as seen from the Bassin Louise. | |
 The district highlighted in blue, within its borough. | |
| Arrondissement (Borough) | La Cité-Limoilou |
| Ville (City) | Quebec City |
| Province | Quebec |
| Country | Canada |
| Merged | 2009 |
Vieux-Québec–Cap-Blanc–colline Parlementaire is one of the 35 districts of the City of Quebec, and one of six that are located in the borough of La Cité–Limoilou. This area is certainly the most visited and most toured in the province of Quebec. It is in this partly fortified area where a building that symbolizes Canada to the world, the Château Frontenac, is found, with its large terrace overlooking the city of Levis just across the St. Lawrence River. Dozens of cafes, tourist shops, restaurants, hotels and inns are found here. Some[who?] say this is the most European neighbourhood in North America.
Portrait of the neighbourhood
The district comprises four distinct areas within the centre of Quebec City:
- Vieux-Québec (Haute-Ville), (Old Quebec (Upper Town)), which includes the space within the old town walls.
- Vieux-Québec (Basse-Ville), (Old Quebec (Lower Town)), including Place Royale, the Old Port and the area around the Gare du Palais.
- Colline Parlementaire, (Parliament Hill), including the area of Place d'Youville, the Parliament Building, the space between René-Lévesque Boulevard and the Grande-Allée (until Grand Théâtre de Québec approximately) and much of the Plains of Abraham.
- Cap Blanc, a thin strip of land between Cape Diamond and the St. Lawrence and centred on the Church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde.
History
Main arteries
- Rue Saint-Jean
- Rue De Buade
- Rue Saint-Louis and Grande-Allée
- Boulevard Champlain
- Rue Saint-Paul
- Avenue Honoré-Mercier / Autoroute Dufferin-Montmorency (autoroute 440)
Parks, green spaces and recreational areas
- Plains of Abraham / The Battlefields Park (part)
- Artillery Park ( National Historic Site)
- Fortifications of Quebec (National Historic Site), this site consists of the walls and gates of Quebec, the Governors' Garden, Montmorency Park, Dufferin Terrace and the Governors' Walkway.[1]
- Old Port of Quebec
- Place Royale
Notable buildings
- Château Frontenac
- Édifice Price
- Quebec Citadelle
- Séminaire de Québec
- Hotel-Dieu de Québec (hospital) and accompanying church [2]
Places of worship
- Notre-Dame de Québec Cathedral
- Notre-Dame-des-Victoires
- Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral [3]
- Chalmers Wesley United Church [4]
- St. Andrew's Church (Presbyterian) [5]
- St. Patrick's Church [6] (1833), the first Irish Catholic church, abandoned in 1914, burned in 1971, its facade is now part of an annex to the Hotel-Dieu de Québec.
- Notre-Dame de la Garde,[7] Cape Blanc
Museums, theatres and exhibition spaces
- Capitol Theatre
- Palais Montcalm
- Musée de la civilisation
- The Institut canadien de Québec building, occupying the old church Wesleyan Church ( Methodist, 1849).[8] Includes a performance hall and a branch of the Quebec City Library.
Public administration
- Parliament Building of Quebec
- Quebec City Hall
- Édifice Marie-Guyart, the tallest in Quebec at 126 m [9] and has at its top the Capital Centre.
- Ministry of Finance of Quebec (in the old Court House)
- Palais de Justice de Québec (court house)
- Headquarters of the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec
- Headquarters of the Société des traversiers du Québec
Places of learning
There are no longer any public schools in the district, due to the small number of families with children living there. The few private schools that are there serve clients who live almost exclusively outside the city center.
- Private Schools
- École Saint-Louis de Gonzague
- Petit Séminaire de Québec
- Ecole des Ursulines (Old Quebec)
- CDI College
- Quebec Oral School for Deaf Children
- School of Architecture at the Université Laval
- Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique du Québec
Related
Wikimedia Commons has media related to le Vieux-Québec.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Biens culturels du Vieux-Québec.
External links
- Template:Fr Vieux-Québec–Cap-Blanc–colline Parlementaire District Council
- Template:Fr Presentation on La Cite
- Template:Fr Boundaries of La Cite
Notes and references
- ^ http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/qc/fortifications/visit/visit4.aspx
- ^ Description of Churches of Quebec
- ^ Description of Churches of Quebec
- ^ Description of Churches of Quebec
- ^ Description of Churches of Quebec
- ^ Description of the first St. Patrick's Church onThe Churches of Quebec
- ^ Description of Churches of Quebec
- ^ The Churches of Quebec]
- ^ canada Emporis.com
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