Montreal

Canada 2010
IMG_7195 Montreal Montreal, originally called Ville-Marie, or 'City of Mary', the city takes its present name from Mont-Royal
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IMG_7200 view of downtown Montreal from Mount Royal View of downtown Montreal from Mount Royal
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IMG_7210 Kondiaronk Belvedere, a semicircular plaza with a chalet, overlooking downtown Montreal. Built in 1906, it is named for the Huron chief Kondiaronk, who signed a...
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IMG_7214-7217 Inside Kondiaronk Belvedere
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IMG_7219 Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal, (Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal), is a Roman Catholic basilica on the west slope of Mount Royal
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IMG_7221-7226 Montreal - St. Joseph Cathdral entranceway - view from St. Joseph Cathedral St. Joseph's Cathdral entranceway - view from St. Joseph Cathedral
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IMG_7229 The basilica was completed in 1967, the Oratory's dome is the third-largest of its kind in the world after the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro in...
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IMG_7231 Montreal St. Joseph Cathedral St. Joseph monument
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IMG_7237 Montreal 1976 Olympic Stadium now known as Montreal Biodome, an ecosystems park The Montreal Biodome (Biodôme de Montréal) allows visitors to walk through replicas of four ecosystems found in the Americas.
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IMG_7244 the slanted tower
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IMG_7247 Montreal Biosphere The Biosphère is a museum dedicated to environment. It is located at Parc Jean-Drapeau, on Île Sainte-Hélène in the former pavilion of the United States for the...
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IMG_7259 view of downtown Montreal from St. Helen's Island View of downtown Montreal from St. Helen's Island, a public park
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IMG_7265 Old and interesting windmill in the Old Montreal historic district.
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IMG_7266 Old Montreal Courthouse, now known as the municipal Édifice Lucien-Saulnier, designed by John Ostell and inaugurated in 1856. Located in the Old Montreal...
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IMG_7268 Old Montreal Old Montreal (Vieux-Montréal) is the oldest area in the city of Montreal
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IMG_7271 Place Jacques-Cartier, the street is named for Jacques Cartier, a French explorer popularly thought of as one of the major discoverers of Canada.
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