St.Jean.Baptiste is a district where the past and modernity are side by side. In the beginning, the district of St.Jean-Baptiste consisted of two suburbs: Saint.Jean, occupying the northern part and Saint.Louis, the southern part, just outside the fortifications.


   The Rene-Lévesque boulevard being used as limit in the suburbs is bordered of the Parliament of Quebec, of the promenade of the Prime Ministers, administrative buildings, the center of the congresses, the park of French America, the Grand-Theatre, large hotels and small trade located at the back of the Grand-Theatre towards the Cartier Avenue.

   Mainly residential to the cliff, where many staircases and an elevator is used as bonds with the district Saint-Roch, the Faubourg Saint-Jean is crossed of is in west by Saint-Jean street, one of the oldest commercial streets to the country. Many small and particularly interesting trade are prosperous and highly respected, plus some bars,cafés and restaurants.

   The Parliament hill is bordered in the south by the cliff in front of the St. Lawrence river. The Parliament, the Plains of Abraham, the Place George V, the park of the "francophonie" and the "Grande-Allée" with its many bars, restaurants and hotels make this district an interesting part of the city to visit.

photo © Maurice Chamberland