Citadelle of Quebec
The Citadelle of Quebec, also known as La Citadelle, is an active military installation and the secondary official residence of the governor general of Canada.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Regimental Chapel / Former Powder Magazine, Building 5 and Chateau St. Louis.
Regimental Chapel / Former Powder Magazine, Building 5
Church
Photo: Christophe.Finot, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Regimental Chapel / Former Powder Magazine, Building 5 is a church.
Chateau St. Louis
Museum
Photo: Local hero, Public domain.
The Chateau St. Louis in Quebec City was the official residence of the French Governor of New France and later the British Governor of Quebec, the Governor-General of British North America, and the Lieutenant-Governor of Lower Canada. Chateau St. Louis is situated 510 metres northeast of Citadelle of Quebec.
Governors‘ Garden
Park
Photo: Reading Tom, CC BY 2.0.
Governors' Garden is an urban park in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Designed by Robert Desjardins, the garden is located immediately to the south of Château Frontenac and is bounded by Rue Mont-Carmel to the north, Rue des Carrières to the east, Avenue Sainte-Geneviève to the south, and Rue de la Porte to the west. Governors‘ Garden is situated 330 metres north of Citadelle of Quebec.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plains of Abraham and Lévis.
Plains of Abraham
Locality
Photo: NickHam, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Plains of Abraham is a historic area within the Battlefields Park in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It was established on 17 March 1908. The land is the site of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, which took place on 13 September 1759, but hundreds of acres of the fields became used for grazing, housing, and minor industrial structures.
Lévis
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Lévis is a city of 149,700 in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, opposite Quebec City. A ferry links Old Quebec with Old Lévis, and two bridges, the Quebec Bridge and the Pierre-Laporte Bridge, connect western Lévis with Quebec City.
Vanier
Suburb
Vanier is a former city in central Quebec, Canada. It was amalgamated into Quebec City in 2002. It is located within the Borough of Les Rivières. Population : 11,504 Fleur de Lys centre commercial, a shopping centre is located in Vanier. Vanier is situated 4 km west of Citadelle of Quebec.
Citadelle of Quebec
- Type: Monument
- Description: citadel in Quebec, Canada
- Categories: military museum and citadel
- Location: Quebec City, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Citadelle of Quebec” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة كيبك”
- Catalan: “Ciutadella de Quebec”
- Catalan: “Ciutadella del Quebec”
- Chinese: “魁北克城堡”
- Dutch: “Citadelle of Quebec”
- Esperanto: “Citadelo de Kebeko”
- French: “citadelle de Québec”
- French: “Citadelle de Québec”
- German: “Citadelle of Quebec”
- German: “Zitadelle von Québec”
- Hebrew: “לה סיטדל”
- Hebrew: “מצודת קוויבק”
- Japanese: “シタデル (ケベック)”
- Japanese: “シタデル”
- Luxembourgish: “Zitadell Québec”
- Occitan (post 1500): “ciutadèlla de Quebèc”
- Portuguese: “Citadelle de Quebec”
- Russian: “Квебекская крепость”
- Spanish: “Ciudadela de Quebec”
- Ukrainian: “Квебецька цитадель”
- Ukrainian: “Сітадель-де-Квебек”
- Ukrainian: “Сітадель-де-Кебек”
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