Québec - Citadel

Thrusting upwards from the west towards the St Lawrence, Cap Diamant reaches a height of 100 m (330 ft) and commands an extensive and varied panorama. On it stands Québec's Citadel, completed in 1832, a massive fortress with hardly an equal anywhere in the world. Within the protection of its thick walls, ramparts and ditches (laid out roughly in the shape of a star) are military quarters for generals, officers and men. One of the excellently restored buildings is now the summer residence of the Governor General of Canada while the mid-18th c. powder magazine in the southern corner of the Citadel has been converted into a military museum.

Today the Citadel is the headquarters of the 22nd Canadian Regiment which, formed at the beginning of the First World War, boasts a distinguished record including action at the Battle of the Somme and - much later - in the Korean War.