1 April 2025 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General, Hotels
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The Fairmont Empress, formerly and commonly referred to as The Empress, is one of the oldest hotels in
Victoria,
British Columbia, Canada. Located on 721
Government Street, it is situated in
Downtown Victoria, facing the city’s
Inner Harbour. The hotel was designed by
Francis Rattenbury, and was built by
Canadian Pacific Hotels, a division of the
Canadian Pacific Railway company. The hotel is presently managed by
Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, part of
AccorHotels since 2016. It is owned by Nat and Flora Bosa of
Vancouver.
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5 January 2023 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General, Museums, Exhibitions, Shopping
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Bonsecours Market (
French: Marché Bonsecours), at 350
rue Saint-Paul in
Old Montreal, is a two-story domed public market. For more than 100 years, it was the main public market in the Montreal area. It also briefly accommodated the Parliament of
United Canada for one session in 1849. Named for the adjacent
Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel, it opened in 1847. During 1849 the building was used for the
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada. The market’s design was influenced by
Dublin‘s
Customs House. Bonsecours Market was designated a
National Historic Site of Canada in 1984.
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