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Mount Royal Chalet is a building located near the summit of Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The chalet was constructed in 1932 [1] under the mayoralty of Camillien Houde as a make-work project during the Great Depression. [2] The French Beaux Arts structure was designed by Montreal architect Aristide Beaugrand-Champagne (1876-1950). [3 ...
One of the paintings in the Mount Royal Chalet is a reproduction of La Terra de Hochelaga by Paul-Émile Borduas, a member of the Refus Global. The film Hochelaga, Land of Souls (2017) depicts the arrival of the Cartier expedition at Hochelaga, as well as another fictionalized events occurring at the site of the village over the centuries.
The 1000 de la Gauchetière as seen from the Mount Royal Chalet. The building was designed by Lemay & Associates and Dimakopoulos & Associates architects, and built in 1992 at the same time as the nearby 1250 René-Lévesque which rises at 47 floors.
Mount Royal was designed in 1876 by Frederick Law Olmsted, best known as the designer of New York's Central Park.Mount Royal's features include the Chalet and the Kondiaronk Belvedere overlooking downtown Montreal, and man-made Beaver Lake (Lac aux Castors) with its recently renovated pavilion.
The park contains two belvederes, the more prominent of which is the Kondiaronk Belvedere, a semicircular plaza with a Mount Royal Chalet overlooking Downtown Montreal. Built in 1906, it is named for the Petun chief Kondiaronk, whose influence led to the Great Peace of Montreal in 1701. [18]
He designed the Mount Royal Chalet in Montreal's Mount Royal Park. This building, located near the summit, was designed in the French Beaux-Arts style and completed in 1932. Other works include a number of residences in Outremont (1912–1950), the gymnasium at the Académie Querbes (1925), and the Church of the Nativity in Swanton, Vermont (1925).
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This is the tallest building in Montreal by roof height. It reaches the maximum roof height allowed by the city within viewing distance of the Mount Royal look off point. [12] [10] 3 Victoria sur le Parc: 203 [13] (666) 58 2024 Completed in 2024. Tallest residential building in Montreal and in Canada east of Toronto. [14] [15] 4= Place Banque ...