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Prior to 2002 merger Borough (2002–2006) After 2006 demerger Bold indicates borough after January 1, 2006; Baie-d'Urfé (town), Beaconsfield (city): Beaconsfield–Baie-d'Urfé ...
The Notre Dame Basilica viewed from Place d'Armes. Old Montreal (French: Vieux-Montréal) is a historic area located southeast of downtown containing many different attractions such as the Old Port of Montreal, Place Jacques-Cartier, Montreal City Hall, the Bonsecours Market, Place d'Armes, Pointe-à-Callière Museum, the Notre-Dame de ...
Montreal [a] is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the ninth-largest in North America.It was founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", [19] and is now named after Mount Royal, [20] the triple-peaked mountain around which the early settlement was built. [21]
Ville-Marie (French pronunciation: [vil maʁi]) is the name of a borough (arrondissement) in the centre of Montreal, Quebec. The borough is named after Fort Ville-Marie, the French settlement that would later become Montreal (now Old Montreal), which was located within the present-day borough. Old Montreal is a National Historic Site of Canada.
Although the terms "city" and "town" are both used in the category name because of common English usage, Quebec does not contain any cities under the current law; [1] this list thus includes all villes, regardless of whether they are referred to as cities or towns in English.
Place des Arts is located in the eastern part of the city's downtown, between Ste-Catherine and de Maisonneuve Streets, and St-Urbain and Jeanne-Mance streets, in an area now known as the Quartier des Spectacles, the complex is home to the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, and the Opéra de Montréal.
Depiction of the first church in Fort Ville-Marie.The settlement was established in 1642 under the authority of the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal.. In 1605, Samuel de Champlain established a fur-trading post at Place Royale (Old Montreal) at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence River and the Petite Rivière St-Pierre, a former river in the area.
Name Address Coordinates ... 214 Place d'Youville, Montreal Ville-Marie QC ... 701-711, Cote de la Place-d'Armes Montreal QC