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The following is a list of historic buildings in Quebec City, Quebec. The city's earliest structures originated from First Nations settlements, although the city's oldest standing structures originate from the French colony established in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain .
Supreme Court of Canada; National Library and Archives of Canada; Langevin Block; Cartier Square Drill Hall; East and West Memorial Buildings; Bank of Canada building; Confederation Building (Ottawa) Major-General George R. Pearkes Building, sometimes referred to as "National Defence Headquarters" Government Conference Centre; Sir Leonard ...
Nelson's Column (French: colonne Nelson) is a monument, designed by Scottish architect Robert Mitchell [1] and erected in 1809 in Place Jacques-Cartier, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, which is dedicated to the memory of Admiral Horatio Nelson, following his death at the Battle of Trafalgar.
[12] [62] The CN Tower, as of 2022, stands as the tenth-tallest free-standing structure on land, remains the tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere, and is the third-tallest tower. [1] [63] [64] The CN Tower is the second-tallest free-standing structure in the Commonwealth of Nations behind Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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This is a list of the tallest buildings in Montreal, ranking skyscrapers in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, by height. There are currently 67 buildings and structures in Montreal greater than 100 m (328 ft). The tallest building by roof height in the city is the 51-storey, 205-metre-tall (673 ft), [1] 1000 de La Gauchetière.
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The building takes the form of an eight-storey, L-shaped block, surmounted by a nine-storey hexagonal-section tower. The tower is capped by a Beaux-Arts dome and cupola. The structure of the tower is steel, which is dominantly clad in a combination of terracotta tiles and rusticated brickwork.