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Tour KPMG from Saint Catherine Street, Montreal Château Frontenac, Vieux-Québec (Old Quebec), Quebec City. Tourism is the fifth-largest industry in Quebec.Some 29,000 companies are involved in the industry, generating 130,000 direct and 48,000 indirect jobs. [1]
Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Quebec City" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
View of the tourism on Rue du Petit-Champlain from l'escalier casse-cou. Old Quebec (French: Vieux-Québec, pronounced [vjø kebÉ›k]) is a historic neighbourhood of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Comprising the Upper Town (French: Haute-Ville) and Lower Town (French: Basse-Ville), the area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Located on rue des Jardins and designed by architect Georges-Émile Tanguay (1858-1923), [5] it is the second permanent city hall for the old city. From 1842 to 1896 City Hall sat at home of British Army Major General William Dunn (British officer), son of former administrator Thomas Dunn (lieutenant-governor) (at rue Saint-Louis and rue Sainte ...
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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
[4] [5] The settlement would develop rapidly during the 17th century, forming what is now called the Lower Town (French: Basse-Ville) of Quebec City. A fire in 1682 ravaged the wood structures of the settlement, prompting the construction of new stone buildings that would establish the architectural style of the square. [ 6 ]
One of the contributors to this project was Lord Dufferin, who supervised the construction of the old city wall and many public buildings that followed the theme of old, medieval, European Quebec. Dufferin also made a plan to reconstruct the Château Saint-Louis which was located on the cape where the Château Frontenac currently stands and ...