B&B
A la Decouverte
Bed & Breakfast in Old Quebec city
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| COME TO EXPERIENCE 400 YEARS OF HISTORY ! |
| Our house is located just outside of the city walls in front of the Artillery Park. The fortifications of that park (shown on the right) consist of 7 barracks totalling 600 feet long. They were built by the French around 1749 at the time of the French regime. They were later used by the English when the regime changed. The Redoute Dauphine - (white building shown on the right) was built in 1712. This neighborhood was at the time of the French colony the borough of the Intendant, the king's representative in New-France. The Intendant was empowered by the king to administer the colony ( a territory of 20 millions of square meters at the time) and that included finance, justice and commercial matters. The Intendant had his "palace" in our borough which explains why the steep hill in front of the house is called Côte du Palais (Palace Hill). The canadian government
and city of Quebec are considering rebuilding the Palace Gate
(Porte du Palais) giving access to the walled city from the lower
section of Old Quebec. This gate (shown below) was destroyed
under the English Regime in the late 1800's
to ease traffic in and out of the city. We hope that this will be done
in time for the celebrations in honor of the city's 400th
founding anniversary in 2008. |
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| From this old picture of the Palace gate below, you can see though the main arch of the gate, a part of the roof of a house that we believe is ours ! This gate was destroyed under the English Regime in the late 1800's |
 Palace Gate |
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