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Administratively, Old Quebec is part of the Vieux-Québec–Cap-Blanc–colline Parlementaire district in the borough of La Cité-Limoilou . The area is commonly referred to as "the Old City" or "Quebec's Old City" in English. [1] It is sometimes referred to as the Latin Quarter ( French: Quartier latin) as well, although this title refers more ...
Le Journal de Québec is a French-language daily newspaper in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Printed in tabloid format, it has the highest circulation for a Quebec City newspaper, with its closest competitor being Le Soleil . It was founded March 6, 1967, by Pierre Péladeau, founder of Quebecor. Like its sister paper, the much more widely-read ...
Collège François-de-Laval. / 46.8154; -71.2056. Petit Séminaire, c.1900. Collège François-de-Laval (previously Petit Séminaire de Québec) is a private French-language Roman Catholic secondary school in the Vieux-Québec area of Quebec City, Quebec .
Bottom: Espace 400e, main location of celebrations. Quebec City's 400th anniversary, celebrated in 2008, commemorated the founding of Quebec City in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain. [1] Quebec City is the oldest francophone city in North America. [2] Along with Acadia, the city represents the birthplace of French America.
The Old Quebec Funicular ( French: Funiculaire du Vieux-Québec) is an inclined elevator, formerly a funicular railway, in the Old Quebec neighbourhood of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It links the Haute-Ville (Upper Town) at Dufferin Terrace to the Basse-Ville (Lower Town) at Rue du Petit-Champlain. The Basse-Ville includes such sites as the ...
The Quebec Winter Carnival ( French: Carnaval de Québec ), commonly known in both English and French as Carnaval, is a pre-Lenten festival held in Quebec City. After being held intermittently since 1894, the Carnaval de Québec has been celebrated annually since 1955. [1] That year, Bonhomme Carnaval, the mascot of the festival, made his first ...
Val-Bélair is a former city located near the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. It was amalgamated into Quebec City on January 1, 2002. More specifically, it is within the region of La Haute-Saint-Charles. Population: (2001) 21,332 (2015) 23,798; See also. List of former cities in Quebec; Municipal reorganization in Quebec
