Often called a bit of Old Europe on American soil, Quebec is the only walled city north of Mexico. The legendary French explorer Samuel de Champlain ... Old Quebec’s Lower Town has its own ...

Quebec City is the ... by French explorer Samuel de Champlain, la vielle capitale celebrates its 400th anniversary in 2008, and its history shows. In Quebec’s Upper and Lower Towns, above ...

As a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Quebec City ... picturesque area in Lower Town, the Place Royale, was the original marketplace when it was a colony of New France. Samuel Champlain founded the ...

View of beautiful Québec City at ... hills in Lower Town will quickly let you know if you made a sensible footwear choice. Head for Place Royale, the place where Samuel de Champlain first called ...

Join us here over the coming weeks for our coverage of Quebec City's 400th anniversary. On July 3, 1608, Samuel de Champlain established the first permanent French colony in North America on the ...

Quebec City: Old Québec is a historic ... Construction began in Lower Québec in 1688 on the ruins of Samuel de Champlain’s home and was then enlarged to its final size in 1723.