词条 | Ramparts of Quebec City |
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| name = Fortifications of Québec National Historic Site | native_name = | native_language = | other_name = | image = Quebec City Wall.jpg | caption = Porte St. Louis | type = | locmapin = | coordinates = | etymology = | location = {{comma separated entries|1=|2=Quebec|3=Canada}} | nearest_city = Quebec City | area = | elevation = | height = | beginning_label = Established | beginning_date = | formed = | founded = | founder = | built = 1620–1665 (original fortifications) | built_for = | original_use = | demolished = | rebuilt = | restored = | restored_by = | current_use = | architect = | sculptor = | architecture = | visitors_num = | visitors_year = | visitors_ref = | governing_body = Parks Canada | owner = | year of event = | events = | website = | designation1 = National Historic Site of Canada | designation1_offname = | designation1_date = 1948 | designation1_number = | designation2 = | designation2_offname = | designation2_date = | designation2_number = }} Located in Canada, the Ramparts of Quebec City are the only remaining fortified city walls in North America north of Mexico.[1] The British began refortifying the existing walls,[2] after they took Quebec City from the French in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759. The wall, which runs on the eastern extremity on the Promontory of Quebec, surrounds most of Old Quebec, which was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1985.[3] The fortifications were designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1948.[4] Surviving gatesThe ramparts have four surviving gates:[5]
GalleryReferences1. ^Québec City: A fortified town, the Château Frontenac, a UNESCO World Heritage site {{coord|46.809973|N|71.211609|W|type:landmark|display=title}}{{NHSC}}{{commons category|Fortifications of Quebec City}}{{Quebec-struct-stub}}{{QuebecCity-stub}}{{fort-stub}}2. ^Quebec City in the Summer Time 3. ^Historic District of Old Québec - UNESCO World Heritage Centre 4. ^{{CRHP|13037|Fortifications of Québec National Historic Site of Canada}} 5. ^{{cite book | last = Edwards | first = Jennifer | title = Montreal and Quebec City | publisher = Moon Handbooks | date = | location = | pages = 187–188 | url = | isbn = 1-56691-779-4}} 6. ^1 2 3 Picturesque Quebec by James MacPherson Le Moine - Full Text Free Book (Part 5/14) 7. ^1 Heritage, Québec, History, City {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20120911040235/http://www.quebecheritage.com/en/militaire.html |date=2012-09-11 }} 8 : Buildings and structures completed in 1665|Buildings and structures in Quebec City|City walls|National Historic Sites in Quebec|Tourist attractions in Quebec City|Old Quebec|1665 establishments in the French colonial empire|Fortifications in Canada |
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