Historical landmark
The Citadelle of Québec
1 Côte de la Citadelle, Québec, QC G1R 3R2
Star-shaped nineteenth-century fortress on a river bluff, still an active military garrison with daily changing of the guard.
This guide to the Citadelle of Quebec centers on the officers' mess, finished in 1831 inside the star-shaped fortress engineer Elias Walker Durnford raised on Cape Diamond after the War of 1812. It follows the room's shift from a plain dining hall for garrison officers to a space refitted with new wallpaper in 1872 for Governor General Lord Dufferin and his wife, who moved into the fort as their summer residence that August. Lady Dufferin kept a journal of her time here, describing the citadel and city glittering under snow.
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