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Encyclopedia > Victoria Square, Montreal
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Statue of Queen Victoria at night on Victoria Square.

Victoria Square (in French, Square-Victoria) is an important square in the Quartier international de Montréal area of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1200x1600, 683 KB) Montréal - Square-Victoria , Statue of Queen Victoria at night - 2005-03-08 Denis Jacquerye File links The following pages link to this file: Quartier international de Montréal Victoria Square, Montreal ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1200x1600, 683 KB) Montréal - Square-Victoria , Statue of Queen Victoria at night - 2005-03-08 Denis Jacquerye File links The following pages link to this file: Quartier international de Montréal Victoria Square, Montreal ... The Quartier international de Montréal (QIM) or Montreals International District is an area of the Ville-Marie borough of downtown Montreal that underwent a major urban renewal as a central business district in 2000–2003. ... Please visit and contribute to the Montreal Wikiportal See and add to this ongoing discussion about English Names in Montreal City motto: Concordia Salus (Latin: Well-being through harmony) Province Quebec Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area  - % water 500. ... During the early 1970s, a terrorist group known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices. ...


From being an empty space crossed diagonally by Beaver Hall and McGill streets, Victoria Square in 20022003 was restored to its original configuration, that of a tree-lined square between parallel avenues. 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Trees and benches were added, a statue of Queen Victoria, which been moved to the nearby Montreal World Trade Centre for safekeeping during the redevelopment, was reinstated, and special care was given to Hector Guimard's Art Nouveau outdoor entrance to the Square-Victoria Metro station. Her Majesty Queen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria von Wettin, née dEste) (24 May 1819 London – 22 January 1901 Isle of Wight) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and Empress of India from 1 January 1877 until her death. ... The Montreal World Trade Centre west entrance on Square Victoria. ... Abbesses station - one of the art nouveau metro station entrances designed by Hector Guimard The name of Hector Guimard (March 10, 1867 - May 20, 1942), who designed the glass and cast-iron Art Nouveau entrances for the Paris Metro, 1899-1902, is synonymous with the style metro in France. ... Alfons Mucha, lithographed poster Dancel (1898). ... Square-Victoria is a station on the Montreal Metro Orange Line. ...


The square is now fronted on the east by the Centre CDP Capital and the Montreal World Trade Centre, to the west by Tour de la Bourse and Place de la Cité internationale, and to the south by the Quebecor building, its outdated façade fully redesigned for the occasion. Tour de la Bourse by day. ... Quebecor (written without an accent on the first e, even in French) is a Quebec-based company with two main spheres of activity: Quebecor World is the largest commercial printing company in the world, with 39 000 employees around the world. ...


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Square-Victoria (Montreal Metro) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (515 words)
Square-Victoria is a station on the Montreal Metro Orange Line, located in the Quartier International district of downtown Montreal, in the borough of Ville-Marie.
It is located within Victoria Square on the Saint Antoine entrance, one of only four open-air entrances on the network (the others are located at Place-Saint-Henri and Bonaventure stations).
This station is named for Victoria Square, which has existed since 1813; it was renamed for Queen Victoria on the occasion of the visit of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) to Montreal in 1860.
Victoria station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (104 words)
Victoria station (London), a National Rail and London Underground station in London
Square-Victoria, a station on the Montreal Metro subway line.
Victoria Station (Restaurant), a restaurant chain which uses real train boxcars as dining rooms.
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