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Quebec City: Between modernism and tradition.
Grande Allee Est.

Algonquian people had originally named the area Kébec, meaning "where the river narrows", because the Saint Lawrence River narrows proximate to the promontory of Quebec and its Cape Diamant.
Explorer Samuel de Champlain founded a French settlement here in 1608, and adopted the Algonguin language term. Quebec City is one of the oldest European cities in North America.
The ramparts surrounding Old Quebec are the only fortified city walls remaining in the Americas north of Mexico.
This area was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985 as the "Historic District of Old Québec".

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Quebec City: Between modernism and tradition.<br /> Grande Allee Est.<br /> <br /> Algonquian people had originally named the area Kébec, meaning "where the river narrows", because the Saint Lawrence River narrows proximate to the promontory of Quebec and its Cape Diamant. <br /> Explorer Samuel de Champlain founded a French settlement here in 1608, and adopted the Algonguin language term. Quebec City is one of the oldest European cities in North America. <br /> The ramparts surrounding Old Quebec are the only fortified city walls remaining in the Americas north of Mexico. <br /> This area was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985 as the "Historic District of Old Québec".