{"id":84,"date":"2007-03-08T21:55:30","date_gmt":"2007-03-09T02:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pedshed.net\/?p=84"},"modified":"2024-05-23T18:47:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T22:47:31","slug":"photo-gallery-quebec-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pedshed.net\/?p=84","title":{"rendered":"Photo Gallery: Qu\u00e9bec City"},"content":{"rendered":"

Qu\u00e9bec City in the province of Qu\u00e9bec: 399 years old and going strong. A few existing sections remain from the 17th century, and most of the Old Town was built during the 18th and early 19th centuries.<\/p>\n

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\nClimbing the cliff from Lower Town to Upper Town on C\u00f4te de la Montagne.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nAt the foot of the funicular<\/a> (an easier way to travel up the cliff) on the Quartier Petit Champlain commercial street.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nA hilltop with the opposite bank of the Saint Lawrence River visible in the far distance.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nThe Terrace Dufferin, a wide boardwalk perched high above the river. The Ch\u00e2teau Frontenac hotel dominates the skyline of the old city. From here you can see…<\/em><\/p>\n

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\n… activity on the river like this Canadian Coast Guard ship.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nSturdy rowhouses facing the Parc Bastion de la Reine, a grassy lawn surrounding La Citadelle (The Fortress). Click on this image to see a larger version.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nIn Lower Town, the plaza Place Royale and the chuch of Notre Dame des Victoires.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nAnother view overlooking Lower Town from the Parc Montmorency.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nA less-visited section of the Old City.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nA mixed use street with shops and cafes outside of Old Qu\u00e9bec.<\/em><\/p>\n

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All photographs on this page are copyright \u00a9 2007 by Laurence Aurbach.<\/p>\n

Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Brief History of the City of Qu\u00e9bec<\/a> — Official City of Qu\u00e9bec website.<\/p>\n

Historic District of Old Qu\u00e9bec<\/a> — UNESCO World Heritage List. Includes spectacular 360 degree panoramas.<\/p>\n

Quartier Petit Champlain (photos)<\/a> — Claims to be the oldest commercial district in North America. Certainly one of the cutest.<\/p>\n

Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 du 400e anniversaire de Qu\u00e9bec<\/a> — July 3, 2008 is the 400th anniversary of the founding of Qu\u00e9bec City.<\/p>\n

Map of Old Quebec<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Qu\u00e9bec City in the province of Qu\u00e9bec: 399 years old and going strong. A few existing sections remain from the 17th century, and most of the Old Town was built during the 18th and early 19th centuries. Climbing the cliff from Lower Town to Upper Town on C\u00f4te de la Montagne. At the foot of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pedshed.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pedshed.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pedshed.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pedshed.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pedshed.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pedshed.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1403,"href":"https:\/\/pedshed.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions\/1403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pedshed.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pedshed.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pedshed.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}