The Chevalier House

The Chevalier House on the Rue du Cul-de-Sac is a small museum which showed visitors what life was like in Old Quebec for its citizens from all walks of life.  As far as I can remember, there were rooms which showed what life was like for the working class as well as the affluent.  It had vignettes replete with period furniture.

So many beautiful houses were everywhere in Old Quebec.  The city has preserved the facade of many old buildings.  They might look old on the outside but they are fitted with all modern amenities many homes have today in all of North America.

The Rue Petit Champlain

Petit Champlain was a delight to look at.  It was colorful and bustling with tourist activity all throughout the day.  It was where many art galleries, restaurants, and local stores selling everything from soap to clothes lined the street on both sides.

The return to the main part of town.  Oh la la, the Chateau Frontenac!

As Marc and I left the Rue Petit Champlain, we decided to visit the numerous churches and cathedrals right around the Fairmont's Chateau Frontenac.

The Basilica Cathedral Notre Dame de Quebec

Doesn't the tower on the left look like it is missing something?

Me in front of the Basilica Cathedral Notre Dame de Quebec

A view of the nave

The impressive Badalchin and altar inside the Basilica Cathedral de Quebec

The pulpit where the priests would deliver the sermon

Next stop, the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity

The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity was right next to the Clarendon, our hotel in Quebec.  We kept passing by it but never entered until our latter half of our second day in the city.  It wasn't as big as the other churches and cathedrals of Quebec but worthy of a visit just the same.

The altar of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity

The main altar up close

The church organ right above the main entrance to the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity

Another view of the organ and the main entrance to the cathedral

The pews and pulpit

Like I've mentioned before, statues of political and religious figures abound in Quebec particularly on Parliament Hill.  Anyway, others can also be found in Old Quebec like those of Francois de Laval and Elzear Taschereau

Here's one by Francois de Laval, the very first bishop of Quebec and Canada

This sculpture and monument of Francois de Laval was made by Louis Philippe Hebert last 1908

The statue of Elzear Alexandre Taschereau, a jurist and Canada's fourth Chief Justice

Inscription on Monsieur Taschereau's statue and monument

Samuel de Champlain statue beside the Fairmont Chateau Frontenac

A fuller view of the statue of Samuel de Champlain