Ville de Québec !!

Partiamo per Québec City!

Roccaforte della cultura Francofona e dell’Europeismo in Canada.

Una gita di due giorni scortati da un amico di Giulia che va a discutere la sua tesi di dottorato. Sembra faccia molto più freddo che a Montreal (200 km più a nord..) Bora, l’amico di Giulia, ha vissuto là per 5 anni e adesso gira per Montreal senza cappello con una giacchetta fine fine… Speriamo che la neve prevista dai meteo ci venga incontro mitigando il clima…

Siccome non abbiamo ancora nulla di prima mano da raccontare, ecco un estratto da Wikipedia.

A Bientot! )

Quebec City (French: Ville de Québec, or simply Québec) is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec, making it the seat of the provincial Crown. It is the second largest city in the province, after Montreal. Quebec City’s Old Town (Vieux-Québec) is the only North American fortified city north of Mexico whose walls still exist, and was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985 as the “Historic District of Old Quebec”.[1] It is also one of the oldest cities in North America (founded in 1608). The city has a population of 528,595, and the metropolitan area has a population of 717,600 (2005).

Quebec City is internationally known for its Summer Festival, Winter Carnival and the Château Frontenac, a historic hotel which dominates the city skyline. The chief of Parliament, the National Assembly of Quebec (provincial parliament), the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (National Museum of Fine Arts) and the Musée de la civilisation (Museum of Civilization) are found within or near Vieux-Québec.

Among the tourist attractions near the city are Montmorency Falls and the Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré in the town of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré.