Place Royale and Notre-Dame-des-Victoires at night

The photographic collection · 211

Old Québec, in photographs.

Many ways to see an extraordinary place.

Photo credit

Wilfredor · CC0. Resized for display.

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Photographs show different dates, viewpoints and conditions. Select an image to open the full-size view and its source. They do not establish current access to a particular route.

The Château Frontenac above a street in Old Québec — The Château Frontenac above a street in Old QuébecPhoto: Wilfredor, CC0

Historic walls around Old Québec — Historic walls around Old QuébecPhoto: Marc-Lautenbacher, CC BY-SA 4.0

Place Royale and Notre-Dame-des-Victoires at night — Place Royale and Notre-Dame-des-Victoires at nightPhoto: Wilfredor, CC0

Willy Verginer’s sculpture The Infinite Game in Old Québec — Willy Verginer’s sculpture The Infinite Game in Old QuébecPhoto: Willy Verginer, CC0

An archival depiction of Québec’s market square — An archival depiction of Québec’s market squarePhoto: À venir., CC0

The streets of Petit-Champlain in Québec at night — The streets of Petit-Champlain in Québec at nightPhoto: Wilfredor, CC0

Place Royale in Old Québec — Place Royale in Old QuébecPhoto: Gilbert Bochenek, CC BY-SA 3.0

Québec’s fortifications and historic buildings — Québec’s fortifications and historic buildingsPhoto: Gabriel Picard, CC BY-SA 4.0

An aerial view of Rue Saint-Pierre in Old Québec — An aerial view of Rue Saint-Pierre in Old QuébecPhoto: Gabriel Picard, CC BY-SA 4.0

View of the tourism on Rue du Petit Champlain from l'escalier casse-cou — View of the tourism on Rue du Petit Champlain from l'escalier casse-couPhoto: Xavier Fournier-Blais, CC BY-SA 4.0

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It brings a distinctive fortified North American city to a My Top 100. Its coherence, topography and river setting make the case, offering a contrast to the much larger metropolises in the original list.