Chateau Frontenac
The Chateau Frontenac noble hotel is a popular attraction in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
it was designed by architect Bruce Price, the Chateau Frontenac was digit of a series of “chateau” style hotels built for the Canadian Pacific Railway company at the end of the 19th and the start of the 20th century. It opened in 1893, five eld after its sister-hotel the metropolis Springs. The railway company wanted to encourage wealth business and alter wealthy travelers to its trains.
The Chateau Frontenac was titled in honor of Louis de Buade, Count of Frontenac, who was governor of the colony of New author from 1672 to 1682 and 1689 to 1698. The Chateau was built not too far from the past Citadelle, whose construction Frontenac had begun at the end of the 17th century. The Quebec Conference of 1943, at which Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt discussed strategy for the Second World War, was held at the Citadelle while much of the staff stayed nearby in the Chateau Frontenac.
Although several of Quebec City’s buildings stand taller, the hotel is perched atop a tall earth overlooking the Saint Lawrence River, thusly giving a spectacular view for several kilometers. The building is the most striking feature of the Quebec City skyline as seen from across the St. Lawrence, and is a symbol of the city. The hotel is built near the Plains of Abraham.
Prior to the building of the hotel, the site was home to the Chateau Haldimand, residence of the British complex governors of Quebec/Lower Canada.
It holds the Guinness World Record of “The most photographed hotel in the world”.
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