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Habitat 67

Habitat 67 is a housing complex located on the Saint Lawrence river, in front of the Old Port of Montreal. The design was created by the architect Moshe Safdie for his master’s thesis at McGill University. « The building was realized as the main pavilion and thematic emblem for the International World Exposition and its theme, Man and His World, held in Montreal in 1967. Born of the socialist ideals of the 1960s, Safdie’s thesis housing project explored new solutions to urban design challenges and high-density living. » (CAC, McGill University).
On the picture brazilian architect and urbanist Henri Lesbaupin contemplates the building.

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La Cathédrale Marie Reine du Monde

En 1881, Mark Twain qui visitait Montréal a déclaré que Montréal était la seule ville qu’il connaissait où l’on ne pouvait jeter une brique dans n’importe quelle direction sans briser la fenêtre d’une église, ce qui est encore vrais aujourd’hui et un des meilleurs exemples de cet héritage est la Cathédrale-basilique Marie Reine du Monde au centre-ville.

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Oratoire Saint-Joseph, transept et dôme intérieur

Sa construction achevée en 1967, l’Oratoire Saint-Joseph est une Basilique sur le flanc nord-ouest du Mont Royal et un point-de-repère au Canada. Son dôme extérieur est le seconde plus-grande au monde après la Basilique de Saint-Pierre à Rome et l’église est la plus grande au pays, recevant à chaque année plus de deux millions de visiteurs. La galerie de l’ascenseur peut être vue dans une outre photographie panoramique interactive

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L’ascenseur du Oratoire Saint-Joseph

Le couloir de le nouveau ascenseur de l’Oratoire Saint-Joseph, inaugurée en 2007.

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Stade Olympic: siège de la Coupe Grey 2008 et FIFA U-20 2007

Siège de la coupe Grey 2008 à Montréal, le stade a été construit  pour recevoir les Jeux Olympiques de 1976 et est un des points de repéré que avec Mont Royal ainsi que la carte (mentale) des rues, est utilisé comme une référence dans la ville. En 2007 le stade a accueilli la coupe FIFA de soccer U-20.

Crée par l’architecte Roger Taillibert basé sur des formes d’animaux et des plants, l’stade est cité comme un chef d’ouvre de l’architecture organique moderne.

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The mountain with a capital M – World Wide Panorama

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McGill University Campus main entrance

The entrance for McGill University main campus on Sherbrooke st., not far from The Secret Bench pictured on another 360° panorama.

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High Definition view of Montreal Downtown from the Mont-Royal

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Musée PAC Pointe-à-Callière Museum of archaeology and history – Where Montreal was born – World Wide Panorama

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This is my most recent submission to the World Wide Panorama, shot at the undergrounds of the Musée PAC. « Laid out in 1643 by French colonists as part of Fort Ville-Marie, the first catholic cemetery of Montréal can be seen by visitors at the Museum of Archaeology and History Pointe-à-Callière. Part of an extensive complex of ancient structures, digging sites and layers over layers of history of the Nouvelle-France, all forming the archaeological crypt of the museum, the cemetery is the oldest man-made structure directly associated with the founding of the city. »

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The « Chalet du Parc Mont Royal » & Kondiaronk Belvedere

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Musée PAC, Pointe-à-Callière Museum – the old sewer

Here you can see the vaulted stone tunnel carrying what was once the Little Saint-Pierre River, now a collector sewer dating back to 1832.

The permanent exposition Where Montréal Was Born covers six centuries of history taking you to an authentic archaeological site where you can see the birthplace of the city in the museum’s undergrounds.

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Musée PAC, Pointe-à-Callière Museum – an unusual underground

As you step back in time following a trail marked with archaeological remains and artifacts, different incarnations of this site are revealed showing six hundred years of history, from the times when Natives camped here to the present day.

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Christmas lights at McGill College ave. – The Secret Bench by Lea Vivot

Illuminated by Christmas lights at McGill College ave., the Secret Bench stands indifferent to the weather. Work of the artist Lea Vivot, the Secret Bench can be seen in many places throughout the world like Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto; New York and London. Each bench is inscribed by famous poets and writers from around the world.

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Parc Nature du Cap St-Jacques – Château Gohier

Located on the western tip of the island, at the junction of Deux Montagnes Lake and des Prairies River, Cap Saint-Jacques Nature Park is Montréal’s largest park and has nice cross-country ski, hike and snowshoe trails. These are the familiar type and style of trails, most of the time flat with sporadically (easy) slopes. The « Château Gohier », a hundred years old stone building, serves today as a restaurant for visitors.

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