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Montréal Sights

Place Royale

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    • Place-d’Armes

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Lonely Planet review for Place Royale

This little square in the west of Old Montréal marks the spot where the first fort, Ville-Marie, was erected. Defense was a key consideration due to lengthy fighting with the native Iroquois. In the 17th and 18th centuries this was a marketplace; it’s now the paved forecourt of the 1836 Old Customs House (Vieille Douane) and linked to the Musée d’Archéologie Pointe-à-Callière via an underground passage. The neoclassical building looks much the same today as when it was built, but now serves as the museum’s gift shop.

 

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