5 January 2023 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: 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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