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	The district highlighted in blue, within its borough.
Arrondissement (Borough)	La Cité-Limoilou
Ville (City)	Quebec City
Province	Quebec
Country	Canada
Merged	2009

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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 city. 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 Lévis just across the Saint 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 Cap Diamant and the Saint Lawrence River 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
Québec Citadelle
Séminaire de Québec
Hôtel-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 Hôtel-Dieu de Québec.
Notre-Dame de la Garde,^[7] Cap 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 (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
- École 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

External links

Notes and references

46°48′36″N 71°12′36″W / 46.81000°N 71.21000°W / 46.81000; -71.21000

[1] ttp://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/qc/fortifications/visit/visit4.aspx

[2] Description of Churches of Quebec

[3] Description of Churches of Quebec

[4] Description of Churches of Quebec

[5] Description of Churches of Quebec

[6] Description of the first St. Patrick's Church on The Churches of Quebec

[7] Description of Churches of Quebec

[8] The Churches of Quebec

[9] Emporis.com

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 }}
 [[Image:Ville-de Quebec-PriceJPG.JPG|right|thumb|291px|Old Quebec, with the [[Édifice Price]] at the top left, in Upper Town.]]
-'''Vieux-Québec–Cap-Blanc–colline Parlementaire''' is one of the 35 districts of [[Quebec City|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 city. 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 [[Lévis, Quebec|Lévis]] just across the [[St. Lawrence River]].  Dozens of cafes, tourist shops, restaurants, hotels and inns are found here. Some{{Who|date=July 2011}} say this is the most European neighbourhood in North America.
+'''Vieux-Québec–Cap-Blanc–colline Parlementaire''' is one of the 35 districts of [[Quebec City|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 city. 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 [[Lévis, Quebec|Lévis]] just across the [[Saint Lawrence River]].  Dozens of cafes, tourist shops, restaurants, hotels and inns are found here. Some{{Who|date=July 2011}} say this is the most European neighbourhood in North America.
 ==Portrait of the neighbourhood==
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 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 [[Ramparts of Quebec|old town walls]].
+* ''Vieux-Québec (Haute-Ville)'', ([[Old Quebec]] (Upper Town)), which includes the space within the [[Ramparts of Quebec City|old town walls]].
-* ''Vieux-Québec (Basse-Ville)'', ([[Old Quebec]] ([[Lower Town]])), including [[Place Royale (Quebec)|Place Royale]], the Old Port and the area around the [[Gare du Palais]].
+* ''Vieux-Québec (Basse-Ville)'', ([[Old Quebec]] (Lower Town)), including [[Place Royale (Quebec)|Place Royale]], the Old Port and the area around the [[Gare du Palais]].
 * ''Colline Parlementaire'', ([[Parliament Hill (Quebec City)|Parliament Hill]]), including the area of [[Place d'Youville (Quebec City)|Place d'Youville]], the [[Parliament Building (Quebec)|Parliament Building]], the space between [[Boulevard René-Lévesque (Quebec City)|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.
+* ''Cap Blanc'', a thin strip of land between [[Cap Diamant]] and the [[Saint Lawrence River]] and centred on the Church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde.
 == History ==
@@ Line 90: / Line 90: @@
 == Main arteries ==
 *[[Rue Saint-Jean (Québec)|Rue Saint-Jean]]
-*[[Rue De Buade]]
+*[[Rue de Buade]]
 *Rue Saint-Louis and Grande-Allée
 *Boulevard Champlain
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 [[Image:Québec - 231.jpg|thumb|right|Rue du Petit-Champlain near [[Place Royale (Quebec City)|Place Royale]].]]
 * [[Plains of Abraham]] / [[The Battlefields Park]] (part)
-* [[Artillery Park (Quebec City)|Artillery Park]] ([[National Historic Site (Canada) | National Historic Site]])
+* [[Artillery Park (Quebec City)|Artillery Park]] ([[National Historic Sites (Canada)|National Historic Site]])
-* [[Fortifications of Quebec]] ([[National Historic Site of Canada|National Historic Site]]), this site consists of the walls and gates of Quebec, the Governors' Garden, Montmorency Park, Dufferin Terrace and the Governors' Walkway.<ref>http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/qc/fortifications/visit/visit4.aspx</ref>
+* [[Fortifications of Quebec]] ([[National Historic Sites of Canada|National Historic Site]]), this site consists of the walls and gates of Quebec, the Governors' Garden, Montmorency Park, Dufferin Terrace and the Governors' Walkway.<ref>http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/qc/fortifications/visit/visit4.aspx</ref>
 * [[Port of Quebec | Old Port of Quebec]]
 * [[Place Royale (Quebec) | Place Royale]]
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 * [[Château Frontenac]]
 * [[Édifice Price]]
-* [[Quebec Citadelle]]
+* [[Québec Citadelle]]
 * [[Séminaire de Québec]]
-* [[Hotel-Dieu de Québec]] (hospital) and accompanying church <ref> [http://eglisesdequebec.org/ToutesLesEglises/HotelDieu/HotelDieu.html''Description of Churches of Quebec'']</ref>
+* [[Hôtel-Dieu de Québec]] (hospital) and accompanying church <ref> [http://eglisesdequebec.org/ToutesLesEglises/HotelDieu/HotelDieu.html ''Description of Churches of Quebec'']</ref>
 === Places of worship ===
 * [[Notre-Dame de Québec Cathedral]]
 * [[Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, Quebec City|Notre-Dame-des-Victoires]]
-* [[Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral]] <ref> [http://eglisesdequebec.org/ToutesLesEglises/swHolyTrinity/HolyTrinity.html''Description of Churches of Quebec'']</ref>
+* [[Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral]] <ref> [http://eglisesdequebec.org/ToutesLesEglises/swHolyTrinity/HolyTrinity.html ''Description of Churches of Quebec'']</ref>
-* Chalmers Wesley United Church <ref> [http://eglisesdequebec.org/ToutesLesEglises/swChalmersWesley/ChalmersWesley.html''Description of Churches of Quebec'']</ref>
+* Chalmers Wesley United Church <ref> [http://eglisesdequebec.org/ToutesLesEglises/swChalmersWesley/ChalmersWesley.html ''Description of Churches of Quebec'']</ref>
-* [[St. Andrew's Church (Quebec City)|St. Andrew's Church (Presbyterian)]] <ref> [http://eglisesdequebec.org/ToutesLesEglises/swStAndrew/StAndrew.html''Description of Churches of Quebec'']</ref>
+* [[St. Andrew's Church (Quebec City)|St. Andrew's Church (Presbyterian)]] <ref> [http://eglisesdequebec.org/ToutesLesEglises/swStAndrew/StAndrew.html ''Description of Churches of Quebec'']</ref>
-* [[St. Patrick's Church (Quebec City)|St. Patrick's Church]] <ref>[http://eglisesdequebec.org/ToutesLesEglises/VieuxStPatrick/VStPatrick.html Description of the first St. Patrick's Church on''The Churches of Quebec'']</ref> (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]].
+* [[St. Patrick's Church (Quebec City)|St. Patrick's Church]] <ref>[http://eglisesdequebec.org/ToutesLesEglises/VieuxStPatrick/VStPatrick.html Description of the first St. Patrick's Church on ''The Churches of Quebec'']</ref> (1833), the first Irish Catholic church, abandoned in 1914, burned in 1971, its facade is now part of an annex to the [[Hôtel-Dieu de Québec]].
-* Notre-Dame de la Garde,<ref> [http://eglisesdequebec.org/ToutesLesEglises/swNotreDameDeLaGarde/NotreDameDeLaGarde.html''Description of Churches of Quebec'']</ref> Cape Blanc
+* Notre-Dame de la Garde,<ref> [http://eglisesdequebec.org/ToutesLesEglises/swNotreDameDeLaGarde/NotreDameDeLaGarde.html ''Description of Churches of Quebec'']</ref> Cap Blanc
 === Museums, theatres and exhibition spaces ===
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 * [[Palais Montcalm]]
 * [[Musée de la civilisation]]
-* The [[Institut canadien de Québec]] building, occupying the old church  Wesleyan Church ([[Methodism| Methodist]], 1849).<ref>''The Churches of Quebec'']</ref>  Includes a performance hall and a branch of the  Quebec City Library.
+* The [[Institut canadien de Québec]] building, occupying the old church  Wesleyan Church ([[Methodism| Methodist]], 1849).<ref>''The Churches of Quebec''</ref>  Includes a performance hall and a branch of the  Quebec City Library.
 === Public administration ===
-* [[Parliament Building of Quebec]]
+* [[Parliament Building (Quebec)]]
 * [[City Hall of Quebec City|Quebec City Hall]]
 * [[Édifice Marie-Guyart]], the tallest in Quebec at 126 m <ref>[http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=edificemarieguyart-quebeccity- canada Emporis.com] </ref> and has at its top the [[Capital Centre]].
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 === 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
+* Private schools
 ** École Saint-Louis de Gonzague
 ** [[Petit Séminaire de Québec]]
-** [[Ecole des Ursulines, Quebec|Ecole des Ursulines]] (Old Quebec)
+** [[École des Ursulines, Quebec|École des Ursulines]] (Old Quebec)
 ** [[CDI College]]
 ** Quebec Oral School for Deaf Children
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 * [[Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique du Québec]]
-== Related ==
+== See also ==
 {{commons|Category:Vieux-Québec|le Vieux-Québec}}
 {{commons|Category:Provincially designated heritage properties in Old Quebec City|Biens culturels du Vieux-Québec}}
 * [[Quebec City]]
-* [[La Cité]]
 * [[Old Quebec]]
 * [[Plains of Abraham]]
 * [[Cap Diamant]]
-* [[Cap-Blanc]]
-=== External links ===
+== External links ==
 * {{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]
 * {{fr}} [http://www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/apropos/portrait/arrondissements/lacite/index.aspx Presentation on ''La Cite'']

v t e Quebec City
Boroughs	La Cité-Limoilou Les Rivières Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge Charlesbourg Beauport La Haute-Saint-Charles Laurentien (defunct)	Flag of Quebec City
Districts	Vieux-Québec–Cap-Blanc–colline Parlementaire (Old Quebec, Parliament Hill, Petit Champlain) Saint-Jean-Baptiste Saint-Roch Maizerets Vanier Sainte-Foy Sillery (Sillery Heritage Site) Cap-Rouge Lac-Saint-Charles Saint-Émile Loretteville Val-Bélair
Agglomeration	Quebec Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures
Enclaves	L'Ancienne-Lorette Notre-Dame-des-Anges Wendake
See also: List of articles about Quebec City History of Quebec City Quebec Urban Community (1970–2001) Communauté métropolitaine de Québec 2000–06 municipal reorganization in Quebec Regional county municipalities in Capitale-Nationale: Charlevoix Charlevoix-Est La Côte-de-Beaupré La Jacques-Cartier L'Île-d'Orléans Portneuf Equivalent territories: Quebec (TE) Independent parishes: Notre-Dame-des-Anges Native reserves: Wendake