Place Viger
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.Photo: Musée McCord Museum, No restrictions.
- Type: Historic building
- Description: former railway station and hotel in Montreal, Canada
- Also known as: “Ancienne Gare Viger” and “gare Viger”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Parc Jean-Drapeau and Square 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.
Square Viger
Park
Photo: art inthecity, CC BY 2.0.
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. Square Viger is situated 110 metres west of Place 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 410 metres south of Place 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…
Old Montreal
Photo: Poco a poco, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Old Montreal is what many visitors come to Montreal for: old cobblestoned streets lined with buildings dating from the 17th through 19th centuries, grand old French restaurants, history museums, and the riverfront Old Port.
Place Viger
- Categories: railway station, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Ville-Marie, Montreal, Urban agglomeration of Montreal, Southwestern Quebec, Quebec, Canada, North America
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Latitude
45.51234° or 45° 30′ 44″ northLongitude
-73.55279° or 73° 33′ 10″ westOpen location code
87Q8GC6W+WVOpenStreetMap ID
way 46866814OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingWikidata ID
Q2363048
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Place Viger” goes by many names.
- French: “gare Viger”
- French: “Gare Viger”
- Turkish: “Gare Viger”
- Turkish: “Viger Garı”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Polyclinique Centre-Ville ORL & Spécialités Médicales and Square Dalhousie.
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