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The Château Ramezay is a museum and historic building on Notre-Dame Street in Old Montreal, opposite Montreal City Hall in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Built in 1705 as the residence of then-governor of Montreal , Claude de Ramezay , the Château was the first building proclaimed as a historical monument in Quebec and is the province's oldest ...
1745: Inheriting the Château on the death of their mother, the de Ramezay children sell it to the Compagnie des Indes, which makes it their headquarters in the colony. Rue St. Claude is laid out between the Château and the home of Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas Roch, son of de Ramezay.
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A portal to Montréal’s past and the first building in Québec classified as an historic monument, the Château Ramezay offers insight into the events of the pre-contact Indigenous era to the 20th century and demonstrates how our history was shaped by the Native People, the French, the British and the Americans.
- 280 Notre-Dame Street East, Montréal, H2Y 1C5, CA
- info@chateauramezay.qc.ca
Nov 3, 2021 · 1. The First Floor of the Chateau Ramezay. The first floor is a mahogany extravaganza of formal reception rooms. The Salle de Nantes is the centerpiece, with its crystal chandelier and portraits. The mahogany panels were hand carved by Germain Boffrand, chief architect to Louis XIV and Louis XV. But they’re not original.
Montreal’s Château Ramezay is a museum and historic building on Notre-Dame Street in Old Montreal. With a history of more than 300 years, the Château Ramezay has been preserving Montreal’s heritage since 1895 , when it was converted into a museum.
Oct 8, 2012 · The château remained in the Ramezay family until 1745, when it was acquired by the Compagnie des Indes occidentales, which undertook a major expansion of the building in 1756. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the château was put to various uses that added to its historic significance.
Chosen as one of the 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die, the Château invites you to relive more than 500 years of history through its exhibits, its multimedia circuit (in six languages) and its French colonial garden.
