Porte Saint-Jean
Porte Saint-Jean is a city gate in Quebec City, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec. Porte Saint-Jean is situated nearby to Mur rideau, as well as near the theater building Salle D’Youville du Palais Montcalm.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palais Montcalm and Le Diamant Theatre.
Palais Montcalm
Theater building
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Palais Montcalm is a theater building.
Le Diamant Theatre
Theater building
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Le Diamant Theatre is a large-scale performing arts venue in the center of Québec City, Québec, Canada. Coarchitecture, In Situ, Jacques Plante Architects, OPI, Trizart Alliance, and Tetra Tech were chosen as the project's primary architects and structural designers to meet Quebec City's expanding needs for leisure, entertainment, and urban development. Le Diamant Theatre is situated 100 metres west of Porte Saint-Jean.
Jesuit Chapel
Church
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The Jesuit Chapel is a chapel of the Society of Jesus located in the Old Quebec neighbourhood of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It was designed by François Baillairgé and built in from 1818 to 1930.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plains of Abraham and Lévis.
Plains of Abraham
Locality
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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
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Gacard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 3½ km west of Porte Saint-Jean.
Porte Saint-Jean
- Type: City gate
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Quebec City, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada, North America
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Latitude
46.81275° or 46° 48′ 46″ northLongitude
-71.21309° or 71° 12′ 47″ westOpen location code
87RCRQ7P+3QOpenStreetMap ID
way 1553495961OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=city_gate
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