The Fairmont Le Château Frontenac, commonly referred to as the Château Frontenac, 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 Bruce Price and was built by the Canadian Pacific Railway company. The hotel is managed by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts.
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 is one of the first completed 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.
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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 is one of the first completed 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.
Credit and thanks to Google Earth Studio for this amazing aerial footage.
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00:00The Fairmont Le Château Frontenac, commonly referred to as the Château Frontenac, is
00:12a historic hotel in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
00:16The hotel is situated in Old Quebec, within the historic district's upper town, on the
00:21southern side of Place d'Armes.
00:23The Château Frontenac was designed by Bruce Price and was built by the Canadian Pacific
00:27Railway Company.
00:29The hotel is managed by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts.
00:33Opened in 1893, the châteauesque-style building has 18 floors, its 79.9m height is augmented
00:39by its 54m ground elevation.
00:42It is one of the first completed Grand Railway hotels and was designated a National Historic
00:47Site of Canada in 1981.
00:50The hotel was expanded on three occasions, with the last major expansion taking place
00:55in 1993.
00:57Located near the edge of the Promontory of Quebec, the Château Frontenac is situated
01:01near several major historic attractions within the historic district of Old Quebec's upper
01:05town.
01:07To the northeast of the hotel lies the Ursulines Monastery of Quebec.
01:11A 17th-century monastery founded by a missionary group of Ursuline nuns, and another National
01:16Historic Site of Canada.
01:18To the south of the hotel lies the Plains of Abraham.
01:21A historic area within the Battlefields Park, and the site of the Battle of the Plains of
01:25Abraham.
01:27Another major attraction south of the hotel is the Citadel of Quebec.
01:32Situated at the atop Cap Diamant, an elevated point of the promontory.
01:36The Citadel serves as an active military installation for the Canadian Armed Forces.
01:41As well as a secondary official residence for the Canadian monarch and the Governor-General
01:45of Canada.
01:46East of the hotel lies the Terrace Dufferin, and Old Quebec's lower town directly below
01:51it.
01:52The Château Frontenac was not the first large building on the site.
01:56The first one was built during the 1780s, and was known as the Château Haldimand.
02:01Named after the Governor of Quebec who ordered its construction.
02:04It was demolished in 1892 to make way for the present hotel.
02:09Designed in a châteauesque style.
02:11The building features steep pitched roofs, circular and polygonal towers, and ornate
02:15gables and dormers.
02:17The Château Frontenac is one of Canada's Grand Railway hotels built by the Canadian
02:22Pacific Railway.
02:24Built in 1892-93, the Château Frontenac was originally designed by architect Bruce Price.
02:30Price's plan called for a horseshoe-shaped hotel, made up of four wings of unequal length,
02:35connected at obtuse angles.
02:37Public rooms made up the majority of the first two floors of Price's designs.
02:42The original proposal called for a square structure, however, the completion of the
02:46terrace dufferin led to the development of a more picturesque building.
02:50Since its completion, the hotel has undergone several major expansions and renovations led
02:55by several different architects and architectural firms.
02:59William Sutherland Maxwell led two major expansions to the hotel.
03:03One in 1908-09, and another in 1920-24, co-led with his brother, Edward Maxwell.
03:10Our facilities the Château Frontenac includes 610 guest rooms and suites spread throughout
03:15the hotel building.
03:17Eight executive suites were renovated into specialty, themed rooms.
03:21Most of the suites are themed to the heads of state and government that have visited
03:24the hotel, such as the Trudeau-Trudeau suite.
03:28Named after two Canadian prime ministers, Pierre-Eliot Trudeau, and Justin Trudeau.
03:33The Churchill suite and Roosevelt suite are two suites named after attendees of the first
03:37and second Quebec conferences, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and American President
03:42Franklin D. Roosevelt.
03:44Respectively, other suites themed in honor of world leaders include the Charles de Gaulle,
03:49named after the former president of France, and the Elizabeth II.
03:54Named for the former Queen of Canada.
03:56The Château was the recipient of the 2022 Global Hotel of the Year award.
04:01That is all.
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