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Tuesday 13 September – part seven: what an amazingly beautiful place!
The next place we went into was the Notre Dame Cathedral, which didn’t look like much from the outside….
Wow, appearances really can be deceptive though. I couldn’t believe its interior! To me, it looked more like an opera house than a church…
The Notre Dame Cathedral or the Basilique Notre-Dame-de-Quebec to give it its French name, is the principal seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Quebec, and his diocese once stretched all the way down to Mexico. It was during this trip that I finally worked out why there’s so much French influence in some of the southern states of America – it’s because the Canadians were once in charge in these areas. Anyway, there’s been a cathedral on the site since 1640, but the first two were destroyed by fire, while the third one was torn down by the British in 1759. A fourth one then burned down in 1922. By this point, wouldn’t you be keeping any candles away from this place? Anyway, the current one is built in the style of the original cathedral from the 17th century, and hopefully this one will be here for a long time to come…
Next we headed in here…
… and wow, what a winter wonderland it was!
We stopped to browse in a couple of shops as we walked along, and I felt quite sorry for the girl in one. She was so helpful, but she didn’t have the sweatshirt I was interested in in my size, so she didn’t get a sale there, but I did at least buy a T-shirt I liked. Later on, I found the sweatshirt in my size in another shop, and I didn’t buy it, as sadly it wasn’t me. Oh well, it wasn’t to be.
We carried on walking, and found ourselves here…
It was so relaxing, as there was a saxophonist playing, which really added to the atmosphere.
We carried on walking down to the Lower Townand found ourselves here. This is Rue du Petit Champlain, and even as long ago as 1680, French artisans were building homes here, with Irish dockworkers moving in during the 19th century. Sadly, the area fell into decline in the early part of the 20th century, but thankfully much of the historic architecture remained, and the former homes of the workers were transformed into art and speciality shops and restaurants.
Oh wow, what an amazingly beautiful place. I was completely bowled over by it, and it reminded me of places we’d seen in France before – I loved the fact that it was completely pedestrianised, and full of lovely, independent stores and restaurants.
We stopped to watch the funicular in action, which runs from right by our hotel down here, linking the Upper and Lower Towns. It first opened in 1879, and originally used a system of water ballast propulsion, but it was converted to electricity in 1907. In 1945, a major fire destroyed the funicular, but very impressively, it was rebuilt and working again just a year later. In 1978, it was decided to remove the wooden tunnel the funicular travelled in, so that passengers would get a panoramic view of the city, as they headed up or down, which I think is a lovely idea.
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Every turn seems to show something else more beautiful!
And that church? Wow!
Once again, I'm sure your TR will be the inspiration for more than one person to head to Quebec City themself.
Every turn seems to show something else more beautiful!
And that church? Wow!
Once again, I'm sure your TR will be the inspiration for more than one person to head to Quebec City themself.
Oh I hope so! That's one of the reasons I do trip reports to hopefully inspire people to travel and experience new places.
Yep, that church is deceptive! Gorgeous.
I was going to ask if you went into that Christmas shop in the last installment, but didn't. HA! You did anyway. There's so much in there!
I'm happy to see the photo from the top of the stairs of Lower Town! 17 years ago, I purchased some artwork from the street vendors there (on rue du Tresor) of that shot and it's still hanging up. And in real life, it still looks the same today! It's so picturesque.
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I never realized there was a Notre Dame in Quebec City. It is really beautiful. Did you check out the one in Montreal? I love the little shopping area!
Yep, that church is deceptive! Gorgeous.
I was going to ask if you went into that Christmas shop in the last installment, but didn't. HA! You did anyway. There's so much in there!
There is! I can never resist a Christmas shop.
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I'm happy to see the photo from the top of the stairs of Lower Town! 17 years ago, I purchased some artwork from the street vendors there (on rue du Tresor) of that shot and it's still hanging up. And in real life, it still looks the same today! It's so picturesque.
I never realized there was a Notre Dame in Quebec City. It is really beautiful. Did you check out the one in Montreal? I love the little shopping area!
Those crepes you had looked so good and you must have loved the show kitchen! Notre Dame is very beautiful inside and must expect that with the name. Some very nice shopping areas and must be an amazing area to sit at a cafe and just people watch! I loved the Christmas shop.
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Those crepes you had looked so good and you must have loved the show kitchen!
It was a lot of fun!
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Notre Dame is very beautiful inside and must expect that with the name. Some very nice shopping areas and must be an amazing area to sit at a cafe and just people watch!
If only we'd had the time to do that, that would've been fun!
Quebec City is so gorgeous. The cathedral is beautiful and it is fantastic that it was built in the mid 1900s. It looks like it has been there for centuries.
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Anyway, there’s been a cathedral on the site since 1640, but the first two were destroyed by fire, while the third one was torn down by the British in 1759. A fourth one then burned down in 1922. By this point, wouldn’t you be keeping any candles away from this place? 
Anyway, the current one is built in the style of the original cathedral from the 17th century, and hopefully this one will be here for a long time to come… 
I love areas in the city like the one you are in . Norte Dame is gorgeous!!
That's one of the reasons I do trip reports to hopefully inspire people to travel and experience new places. 
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