Assemblee Nationale - Québec City, Québec - Capitol Buildings on Waymarking.com

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À la suite de l'abolition du Conseil législatif du Québec en 1968, l'Assemblée législative devient l'Assemblée nationale. Elle comprend tous les élus provinciaux des partis du gouvernement et de l'opposition (actuellement 125 membres). Sa procédure s'apparente à celle du Parlement fédéral.

Dès le début du projet, en 1875, les plans prévoient l’intégration d’éléments divers devant servir la devise qui sera plus tard gravée au fronton de l’entrée principale de l’édifice et qui deviendra la devise officielle du Québec en 1939 : « Je me souviens ».

L'Assemblée nationale offre aux visiteurs des visites guidées gratuites.


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[EN]

Following the abolition of the legislative council of Québec in 1968, the legislative assembly became the National Assembly. It includes all provincially elected members of the governing and opposition parties. Its procedures are comparable to those of the federal Parliament.

The building was finished in 1887. From the very outset in 1875, the plans called for a number of architectural elements to reflect the motto that would be carved above the building’s main entrance —“Je me souviens”—and would eventually become Quebec’s official motto in 1939.

The National Assembly offers visitors free guided tours.

Type of Capitol: State, Province, Canton, or Other Primary Division of a Nation Address: 1045, rue des Parlementaires Quebec, Québec Canada G1A 1A3 Dates of Construction: 1887 Hours: 8-5 Capitol Web Site: [Web Link] Historical Monuments/Memorials: The Québec National Assembly's facade has 22 statues of major people of the province's history and others on the building's grounds: La halte dans la forêt (The Amerindian Family), Lord Elgin James Bruce, Francois-Gaston Duc de Lévis, James Wolfe, Marquis de Montcalm Louis Joseph, Honoré Mercier, Louis Hippolyte LaFontaine, Jean de Brébeuf, Nicolas Viel, René Lévesque, Jean Lesage, Maurice Duplessis, Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Samuel de Champlain, Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve, Francois-Xavier de Montmorency Laval, Marguerite Bourgeoys, Jean-Jacques Olier, Charles-Michel de Salaberry, Robert Baldwin, Guy Carleton 1st Baron Dorchester Pierre Boucher, Jean Talon, Pierre Le Moyne Sieur d'Iberville, Pierre Gaultier de Varennes sieur de La Vérendrye, Jacques Marquette, Louis Jolliet, Marie Guyart Major Renovations: Not listed

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