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Montreal Facts and Places:
Montreal Airport is Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
Newspapers are Montreal Gazette , Montreal Mirror
Montreal Sports teams are Alouettes, The Flying Frenchmen, Matrix
Major Montreal Attractions and Events are Chinatown, The Plateau, Montreal International Jazz Festival, Montreal World Film Festival, Notre-Dame Basilica
Local Schools are McGill University, Concordia University
About Montreal
Montreal is the second largest French-speaking city in the world after Paris. The economic and cultural center of Quebec is a cosmopolitan city vibrating with joie de vivre.
The lively bilingual city retains much of its European heritage, particular in the old city, Vieux-Montreal. Large stone buildings and churches edge the many cobblestone streets and squares. At Place Jacques-Cartier, street performers entertain customers in the square's sidewalk cafes.
Celine Dion chose the glorious Notre-Dame-de-Montreal Basilica for her wedding. Smaller weddings take place in its Sacre Coeur Chapel. Model ships given as thanks by sailors hang inside Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours, the sailors church.
Chateau Ramezay, built for a French governor, the Centre of History and the Pointe-a-Calliere Archaeology and History Museum look at the city's past. The home of politician Georges-Etienne Cartier's shows life in a 19th-century family home.
Islands in the St. Lawrence River house a casino, La Ronde amusement park and Montreal's Old Fort with the military Stewart Museum.
Up the hill, in central Montreal, are two major art galleries and the Canadian Centre for Architecture with rotating examples of architects work. Opposite McGill University, the McCord Museum of Contemporary History documents Canadian life.
Numerous ornately decorated churches reflect Montreal's strong religious heritage. The largest, St. Joseph's Oratory, sits partway up Mont Royal, a mountain park in the middle of the city.
Olympic Stadium's leaning tower dominates the eastern skyline. In the complex, the Biodome displays Arctic to tropical landscapes. Across the road, the Botanical Garden boasts a Japanese garden.
Festivals enliven Montreal year round. The top summer events are the Montreal International Jazz Festival, the Just for Laughs comedy festival and the Montreal Chamber Music Festival. In winter, Montreal hosts four nearly simultaneous festivals, starting with Fete des Neiges.
Montreal reputedly has more restaurants per capita than any other Canadian city. The chic L'Express is among the many lining St-Denis and St-Laurent in the Latin Quarter. Other top restaurants are Toque in Old Montreal, downtown's Caprices de Nicolas with French cuisine, Il Mulino in Little Italy and, for Greek food, Milos. Ben’s downtown specializes in the Montreal favorite, smoked meat.
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