Vieux-Québec–Cap-Blanc–colline Parlementaire

Old Quebec - Cape Blanc - Parliament Hill Vieux-Québec–Cap-Blanc–colline Parlementaire
Quartier (district)
The district, as seen from the Bassin Louise. The district, as seen from the Bassin Louise.
The district highlighted in blue, within its borough. The district highlighted in blue, within its borough.
Arrondissement (Borough)	La Cité-Limoilou
Ville (City)	Quebec City
Province	Quebec
Country	Canada
Merged	2009

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Old Quebec, with the Édifice Price at the top left, in Upper Town.

Vieux-Québec–Cap-Blanc–colline Parlementaire is one of the 35 districts of the City of Quebec, and one of six that are located in the borough of La Cité-Limoilou. This area is certainly the most visited and most toured in the city. It is in this partly fortified area where a building that symbolizes Canada to the world, the Château Frontenac, is found, with its large terrace overlooking the city of Lévis just across the Saint Lawrence River. Dozens of cafes, tourist shops, restaurants, hotels and inns are found here. Some say this is the most European neighbourhood in North America.

Portrait of the neighbourhood

The district comprises four distinct areas within the centre of Quebec City:

• Vieux-Québec (Haute-Ville), (Old Quebec (Upper Town)), which includes the space within the old town walls.
• Vieux-Québec (Basse-Ville), (Old Quebec (Lower Town)), including Place Royale, the Old Port and the area around the Gare du Palais.
• Colline Parlementaire, (Parliament Hill), including the area of Place d'Youville, the Parliament Building, the space between René-Lévesque Boulevard and the Grande-Allée (until Grand Théâtre de Québec approximately) and much of the Plains of Abraham.
• Cap Blanc, a thin strip of land between Cap Diamant and the Saint Lawrence River and centred on the Church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde.

History

Main article: History of Quebec City

Main arteries

• Rue Saint-Jean
• Rue de Buade
• Rue Saint-Louis and Grande-Allée
• Boulevard Champlain
• Rue Saint-Paul
• Avenue Honoré-Mercier / Autoroute Dufferin-Montmorency (autoroute 440)

Parks, green spaces and recreational areas

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Rue du Petit-Champlain near Place Royale.

• Plains of Abraham / The Battlefields Park (part)
• Artillery Park (National Historic Site)
• Fortifications of Quebec (National Historic Site), this site consists of the walls and gates of Quebec, the Governors' Garden, Montmorency Park, Dufferin Terrace and the Governors' Walkway.
• Old Port of Quebec
• Place Royale

Notable buildings

• Château Frontenac
• Édifice Price
• Québec Citadelle
• Séminaire de Québec
• Hôtel-Dieu de Québec (hospital) and accompanying church

Places of worship

• Notre-Dame de Québec Cathedral
• Notre-Dame-des-Victoires
• Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral
• Chalmers Wesley United Church
• St. Andrew's Church (Presbyterian)
• St. Patrick's Church (1833), the first Irish Catholic church, abandoned in 1914, burned in 1971, its facade is now part of an annex to the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec.
• Notre-Dame de la Garde, Cap Blanc

Museums, theatres and exhibition spaces

• Capitol Theatre
• Palais Montcalm
• Musée de la civilisation
• The Institut canadien de Québec building, occupying the old church Wesleyan Church (Methodist, 1849). Includes a performance hall and a branch of the Quebec City Library.

Public administration

• Parliament Building (Quebec)
• Quebec City Hall
• Édifice Marie-Guyart, the tallest in Quebec at 126 m and has at its top the Capital Centre.
• Ministry of Finance of Quebec (in the old Court House)
• Palais de Justice de Québec (court house)
• Headquarters of the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec
• Headquarters of the Société des traversiers du Québec

Places of learning

There are no longer any public schools in the district, due to the small number of families with children living there. The few private schools that are there serve clients who live almost exclusively outside the city center.

• Private schools
  • École Saint-Louis de Gonzague
  • Petit Séminaire de Québec
  • École des Ursulines (Old Quebec)
  • CDI College
  • Quebec Oral School for Deaf Children
• School of Architecture at the Université Laval
• Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique du Québec

See also

• Quebec City
• Old Quebec
• Plains of Abraham
• Cap Diamant

External links

• (French) Vieux-Québec–Cap-Blanc–colline Parlementaire District Council
• (French) Presentation on La Cite
• (French) Boundaries of La Cite