Square Viger
Viger Square is an urban square in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was greatly changed by the construction of the Ville-Marie Expressway in the 1970s. The square is divided into three sections.Photo: art inthecity, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Park
- Description: urban square in Montreal (Quebec, Canada)
- Also known as: “square Viger” and “Viger Square”
- Address: Avenue Viger Est, Montréal, Québec
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Parc Jean-Drapeau and Place Viger.
Parc Jean-Drapeau
Photo: Jazmin Million, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parc Jean-Drapeau is a district in Montreal. It is comprised of the islands Île Sainte-Helene and Île Notre-Dame in the Saint Lawrence river.
Place Viger
Historic building
Photo: Musée McCord Museum, No restrictions.
Place Viger was both a grand hotel and railway station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, constructed in 1898 and named after Jacques Viger, the first Mayor of the city. Place Viger is situated 110 metres east of Square Viger.
Montreal City Hall
Town hall
Photo: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The five-story Montreal City Hall is the seat of local government in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was designed by architects Henri-Maurice Perrault and Alexander Cowper Hutchison, and built between 1872 and 1878 in the Second Empire style. Montreal City Hall is situated 430 metres south of Square Viger.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Quartier Latin-Le Village and Gay Village.
Quartier Latin-Le Village
Quartier Latin-Le Village is in Montreal. It contains the Quartier Latin, Le Village, and Sainte-Marie.
Gay Village
Neighborhood
Photo: Atilin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gay Village is a neighbourhood delineated by Saint Catherine Street East and Atateken Street in the Ville-Marie borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The entire Village is bordered approximately by Saint Hubert Street to the west, De Lorimier Avenue to the…
Quartier des spectacles
Neighborhood
Photo: art inthecity, CC BY 2.0.
Quartier des Spectacles is an arts and entertainment district located in the eastern section of Downtown Montreal, designed as a centre for Montreal's cultural events and festivals.
Square Viger
- Categories: square and recreation area
- Location: Ville-Marie, Montreal, Urban agglomeration of Montreal, Southwestern Quebec, Quebec, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.51271° or 45° 30′ 46″ northLongitude
-73.55414° or 73° 33′ 15″ westOperator
MontrealOpen location code
87Q8GC7W+38OpenStreetMap ID
way 164859203OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q3494857
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Turkish—“Square Viger” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان فيجر”
- French: “Carré Viger”
- French: “square Viger”
- French: “Square Viger”
- Turkish: “square Viger”
- Turkish: “Viger Meydanı”
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Highlights include BAnQ Vieux-Montréal, Édifice Gilles-Hocquart and Centre Culturel Marocain à Montréal.
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