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La Citadelle
This massive star-shaped fort towers above the St Lawrence River on Cap Diamant. The excellent hour-long guided tours give you the low-down on the spectacular architecture and covers exhibits on military life from colonial times to today. The changing of the guard takes place daily at in summer. The beating of the retreat, with soldiers banging on their drums at shift's end, happens every Friday at from July 6 until early September.
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Louis S St-Laurent Heritage House
Louis St-Laurent (1882-1973) was Canada's prime minister from 1948 to 1957. He spent most of his life in Québec City at this address and the house is 'alive' with his life story. Literally. Each room is hooked up to motion detectors - just walk in and prepare to have family photos start talking to you or phones ring with urgent messages for you to pass on to Mr Laurent. It's all brilliantly done; interactive history at its best.
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Martello Tower 1
For some reason, many visitors balk at having to pay admission here perhaps put off by its small size. It's too bad because there's heaps of fascinating information packed into the tower's tiny package and it's well worth the money. The interactive exhibitions explore the engineering history of the structures and soldiers living conditions in them and children in particular seem to get a real kick out of them.
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