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Montreal's St. Patrick's Day parade and the Irish in Quebec Montreal's is the oldest St. Patrick's Day Parade in Canada and one of the largest parades in Montreal.; Greek Independence Day Parade on Hutchison in Jean Talon, it happens right after the St. Patrick's Day Festival.
The Place du Jeu de Balle (French, pronounced [plas dy ʒø d(ə) bal]; "Ball Game Square") or Vossenplein (Dutch, pronounced [ˈvɔsə(m)plɛin]; "Foxes' Square") is a square in the heart of the Marolles/Marollen district of Brussels, Belgium. Since 1873, it has held a famous flea market, known as the Old Market. [1] [2]
The Brussels Exhibition Centre (French: Parc des Expositions de Bruxelles; Dutch: Tentoonstellingspark van Brussel), also known as Brussels Expo, is the primary event complex in Brussels, Belgium. Located on the Heysel/Heizel Plateau in Laeken (northern part of the City of Brussels ), the twelve halls that comprise it are used for the largest ...
The Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal (until 2016: Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal [1]) (French: Chambre de commerce du Montréal métropolitain) is an association of businesses and businesspeople in Greater Montreal. In its own words it serves to "act as the voice of Montréal's business community and to promote the ...
The official Expo 67 theme song was composed by Stéphane Venne and was titled: "Hey Friend, Say Friend/Un Jour, Un Jour". [35] Complaints were made about the suitability of the song, as its lyrics mentioned neither Montreal nor Expo 67. [35] The song was selected from an international competition with over 2,200 entries from 35 countries. [36]
Bonsecours Market (French: Marché Bonsecours) is a two-story domed public market located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at 350 Rue Saint-Paul in Old Montreal. [1] For more than 100 years, it was the main public market in the Montreal area. It also briefly accommodated the Parliament of United Canada for one session in 1849.
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]
The Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal (French pronunciation: [myze daʁ kɔ̃tɑ̃pɔʁɛ̃ də mɔ̃ʁeal], MACM) is a contemporary art museum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located on the Place des festivals in the Quartier des spectacles and is part of the Place des Arts complex.