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The Château Frontenac is situated on 1, rue des Carrières, at the eastern edge of Old Quebec's Upper Town, built on the promontory of Quebec, a raised mass of land that projects into the Saint Lawrence River. The hotel property is bounded by rue Saint Louis to the north, and rue Mont Carmel to the south.
Saint-Vallier Est Street, previously called Saint-Charles Street, the first paved road in Quebec. A funicular (Old Quebec Funicular) allows for easy transportation up Cap Diamant connecting to Upper Town from the narrow Petit-Champlain road at the foot of the Cape to the top with a marvelous view of the city. Côte de la Montagne is another ...
The St. Louis was destroyed by fire in January 1834. Afterward it was replaced by a series of terraces. [4] The site of the New Chateau is now occupied by the Chateau Frontenac hotel, which is named after Governor Frontenac. During the 1830s the governor and his family also used a summer home in Sorel and the Chateau de Ramezay in Montreal. [5]
The terrace consists of a boardwalk with six gazebos and benches from Château Frontenac (and previous by Château Haldimand) to the Citadelle of Quebec (accessed via a set of stairs). The gazebos are named (in order from north to south): Frontenac, Lorne, Princess Louise, Victoria, Dufferin, and Plessis.
Château Frontenac: 1898: Bruce Price: Chateau de la Terrase Hotel: Citadelle of Quebec: 1820 and 1831: Royal Engineer and Lieutenant Colonel Elias Walker Durnford: Esplanade Powder Magazine: 1815: Royal Engineer: Fortifications of Quebec City: 17th Century ; rebuilt 19th Century: Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry (military engineer) Gare du ...
Site Date(s) Designated Location Description Image 57-63 St. Louis Street [3]: 1705-1811 (period of construction) 1969 Quebec City: Three early eighteenth and nineteenth century stone houses within the walls of Quebec City's Upper Town at the foot of Cavelier du Moulin Park; a notable grouping of buildings from the French Regime
Place d'Armes is an urban park in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It is bounded by Rue Saint-Anne to the north, Fort Street to the east, Rue Saint-Louis to the south and Rue du Trésor to the west. The park's name means a place of arms, which is the gathering place of a small troop and a central space hosting the important ceremonies of military life.
Count Frontenac returned to Canada for a second term as Governor-General, and ordered the construction of a wooden palisade to enclose the city from the fort at the Château Saint-Louis to the Saint-Charles River. [4] Town Major Provost oversaw the construction of eleven small stone redoubts in this enceinte, which would have protected against ...