The lawns
Above the river.
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A broad park on a plateau above the St. Lawrence west of Old Quebec's walls, where in 1759 a decisive battle was fought between the British and French armies in which both commanders, Wolfe and Montcalm, were killed, ending with Canada passing from France to Britain. Since 1908 the battlefield has been the National Battlefields Park, with wide green lawns, shady trees, walking and cycling paths, monuments and old cannon, the nineteenth-century stone Martello defensive towers and the flowering Joan of Arc Garden. The park is the city's breathing space, where people stroll in summer and ski in winter, and it hosts concerts and major festivals, best known the Quebec City Summer Festival of music in July. The park is open and free, and the museum and its exhibitions charge. It is a short walk from the Citadelle and the Parliament Building, and its river views are loveliest at sunset.
Above the river.
Summer flowers.
Stone defences.
Battlefields Park, west of Old Quebec
Citadelle of QuebecA star-shaped military fortress on top of Cap Diamant, the highest point of Old 16 minutes walk4.5
Château Frontenac and Dufferin TerraceThe symbol of Quebec City and its best-known building, a historic hotel shaped l22 minutes walk4.8
Quartier Petit Champlain and Place RoyaleQuebec City's loveliest lanes, a small quarter in the Lower Town at the foot of 22 minutes walk4.6The battle of 1759 between the British and French, which ended with Canada passing to Britain.