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Parliament Building
Hôtel du Parlement
Quebec City (14765614666).jpg
Parliament Building, in Quebec City
General information
Architectural style Second Empire
Address 1045 rue des Parlementaires
Town or city Quebec City, Quebec
Country Canada
Coordinates 46°48′32″N 71°12′51″W / 46.808762°N 71.214178°W / 46.808762; -71.214178
Construction started 1877
Completed 1886
Client Crown in Right of Quebec
Owner Crown in Right of Quebec
Technical details
Size 52 metres or 171 feet in height.
Design and construction
Architect Eugène-Étienne Taché

The Parliament Building (French: Hôtel du Parlement) is an eight-floor building in Quebec City and home to the Parliament of Quebec, composed of the Lieutenant-Governor and the National Assembly. The building was designed by architect Eugène-Étienne Taché and was built from 1877 to 1886. With the frontal tower, the building stands at 52 metres or 171 feet in height. The building is located in Place de l'Assemblée nationale, atop Parliament Hill in the district of Vieux-Québec–Cap-Blanc–colline Parlementaire, just outside the walls of Old Quebec; this area is part of the borough of La Cité-Limoilou.

Architecture

The building features the Second Empire architectural style that was popular for prestigious buildings both in Europe (especially France, where the style originated) and the United States during the latter 19th century. Even though the building's symmetrical layout with a frontal clock tower in the middle is typical of legislative institutions of British heritage, the architectural style is believed to be unique among parliament buildings in Canadian provincial capitals. Its façade presents a pantheon representing significant events and people of the history of Quebec.

Additional buildings were added next to the Parliament Buildings:

  • Édifice André-Laurendeau was added from 1935 to 1937 to house the Ministry of Transport.
  • Édifice Honoré-Mercier was added from 1922 to 1925 to house the Ministries of the Treasury (Finances), the Attorney General, and the Secretary General of the National Assembly.
  • Édifice Jean-Antoine-Panet was added from 1931 to 1932 for the Ministry of Agriculture.
  • Édifice Pamphile-Le May added from 1910 to 1915 for the Library of the National Assembly, various other government offices and the Executive Council.
Vieux-Québec–Cap-Blanc–colline Parlementaire (cropped)
A view of the building complex.

Statues

The Quebec National Assembly's facade has 22 statues of major people of the province's history and others on the building's grounds:

Images for kids

  • Carte du fort Saint-Louis de Quebec par Franquelin

    A 1683 modelling of the chateau Saint-Louis, the earliest precursor to the Parliament Building

  • Château Saint-Louis gravure

    Chateau Saint-Louis just prior to being destroyed by fire.

  • Terrasse Durham - Chateau Haldimand - place d Armes - 1864

    Chateau Haldimand in 1864

  • Old Parliament Building (Quebec)

    The Old Parliament Building

  • Parlement de Québec par Würtele

    Newly opened Parliament Building, circa 1890

  • Parlement-québec

    Side view of the Parliament Building complex

  • Panet-Laurendeau 01

    Édifice Jean-Antoine-Panet

  • Édifice André-Laurendeau 01

    Entrance to the Édifice André-Laurendeau, one of the four buildings that were later added to the parliamentary complex

  • Hotel du Parlement du Quebec 78

    A detail of the front entrance: V.R. (Victoria Regina) and the year of completion of the detail (1878)

  • Parlement du Québec Armoiries

    255x255px]]Quebec's coat of arms, with "JE ME SOUVIENS" inscribed below, and a commemorative plaque explaining the motto's origin

  • Restaurant Le Parlementaire

    Le Parlementaire restaurant in 2010

  • Quebec City (14765614666)

    Parliament Building before the construction of new entrance, in 2015.

  • Sculptures de Louis-Philippe Hébert

    The Nigog Fisherman

  • Pierre Boucher 01

    Pierre Boucher

  • Parlement quebec monuments

    Jean de Brébeuf and Nicolas Viel

  • Parlement du Québec, 850, Grande Allée Est, Québec façade, aile droite, partie gauche, étage supérieur 11-d.na.civile-72-8348

    Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve (below) and the allegorical statues of Religion and Country (above)

  • Francois de Montmorency Laval

    François de Montmorency

  • Jean-Jacques Olier 02

    Jean-Jacques Olier

  • Jean Talon 01

    Jean Talon

  • Monument en hommage aux femmes en politique 03

    Monument in honor of women in politics

  • Fountain in front of Parlement

    Fountain of the Abenaki in 2009, before renovations

  • Fontaine de Tourny, Quebec 02

    Fountain of Tourny in 2018. Note the construction works in the background.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Edificio del Parlamento de Quebec para niños

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