Montréal - Place Jacques Cartier

Not far east along the Rue Notre-Dame in Montreal, the Musée du Château Ramezay is an elegant mansion dating from 1705. It was the residence of Claude de Ramezay, Governor of Montréal from 1703 to 1724 and his successors, and provides a period setting for a collection of 18th and early 19th c. costume, furniture, and paintings.

The museum features both permanent and temporary exhibitions.

The old palace of justice beside the Montreal City Hall, opened in 1856, is modeled on classical Greek lines and was completed in 1891 with the construction of the dome.

Place Vauquelin in Montreal is a square between the city hall and Palace of Justice, with a fountain and a statue of Jean Vauquelin (by Eugène Bénet, 1930), the officer who tried in vain to defend New France against the British in 1759/60.