Château Frontenac
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grand hotel in Quebec City
Key facts
- Former names
- Château Frontenac
- Preceded by
- Parliament Building of Quebec
- Surpassed by
- Édifice Price
- Location
- 1, rue des Carrières, Quebec City , Quebec , G1R 4P5
- Named for
- Louis de Buade de Frontenac
- Groundbreaking
- May 1892
- Opened
- 18 December 1893
- Owner
- Ivanhoé Cambridge
- Operator
- Fairmont Hotels and Resorts
- Height
- 80 m (260 ft)
- Architect
- Bruce Price
- Developer
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Official name
- Château Frontenac National Historic Site of Canada
- Designated
- 15 January 1981 ( 1981-01-15 )
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Encyclopedic overview
The Fairmont Le Château Frontenac, commonly referred to as the Château Frontenac ( French pronunciation: [ʃɑto fʁɔ̃tnak]), is a historic hotel in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The hotel is situated in Old Quebec, within the historic district's Upper Town, on the southern side of Place d'Armes. The Château Frontenac was designed by New York architect Bruce Price in the Château style. It was built by the Canadian Pacific Railway company. The hotel is managed by Fairmont Hotels & Resorts. It is considered the most photographed hotel in the world.
Opened in 1893, the Châteauesque-styled building has 18 floors; its 79.9-metre (262-foot) height is augmented by its 54-metre (177-foot) ground elevation. It was one of the first of Canada's grand railway hotels, and was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1981. The hotel was expanded on three occasions, with the last major expansion taking place in 1993.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Château Frontenac” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.