The city has had a local airport since It is housed in the old prison and has an interpretative centre that provides information on prison life. The city is also home to a conference centre. Its role as an episcopal seat attracted several religious communities which took charge of education and hospital care before these responsibilities were assumed by the state in the s.
The city has a daily newspaper, Le Nouvelliste established , as well as several television and radio stations. It has hosted a major agricultural exhibition for nearly a century.
Each year a grand prix car race takes place through the city's streets, and numerous festivals, including the poetry festival held in early October, contribute to the city's dynamic cultural life. Search The Canadian Encyclopedia. Remember me. I forgot my password. Why sign up? Create Account. Maison La Mauny, with its wonderful aromatic complexity, embodies the warmth and authenticity that characterize Martinique, enriched by its multiculturalism and history. Duquesne, deeply rooted in its territory, is currently mostly available in Martinique.
Thanks to these brands, the label AOC Rhum Agricole de Martinique was created, and since they enjoy worldwide protection of their exceptional local products. The ochre building in the foreground is the former hospital of Saint Joseph. The CSSS has incorporated it into a much larger, largely grey-stone complex. If you enlarge the view you should be able to see a statue at the top of the far building.
I believe it's Saint Joseph himself. Not far along the road is the Cathedral of the Assumption translation not available :. It was replaced in and again in , this time by stone structure. Unfortunately that building was a victim of the fire. Bishop Thomas Cooke became the first bishop and on March 16, that he instigated a project to construct a cathedral.
The resulting neo-Gothic building was inaugurated on 29 September complete with a superb organ. The architect was Victor Bourgeau and his design — both the exterior and the interior — was heavily influenced by Trinity Church Manhattan.
Here is the interior:. Here he is:. Behind the statue is the Bishop's Palace. It was built between and so it must have survived the Great Fire. This image is from an old post-card:. Further along Rue Bonaventure we saw on the left little garden beside a white single-storey house. At the back of the garden was another statue.
He was leader of the Parti Quebecois from and, like Duplessis, served as Prime Minister of the Province — in his case from Jacques Parizeau i n Both resignations took affect in January In fact we found them amongst the most welcoming people we had met.
The house that we saw in the garden as we were walking along Rue Bonaventure is the Manoir Boucher-de Niverville. It's one of the oldest houses in the City outside the area around Rue des Ursulines.
Later it passed through the hands of a number of owners. Here is a Street View:. Afterwards we decided to try to take a look at the three rivers themselves.
Continueing to its end, we turned left into the rather uninspiring Rue Hertel. However, when we reached Rue Commissionaires, we saw a large building some way to our left. It was the former Church of St Cecile:. It was built as a Catholic Church in and but fell into disuse.
In , it was purchased by the Spect-Arts Corporation who converted it into a cultural centre open for rentals of all kinds. The interior of the church is quite impressive:.
Having checked out St Cecile, and continued along Rue Hertel. To our right we could see the Duplessis Bridge. Pont Duplessis looking downstream Fralambert, Wikimedia.
Crossing the bridge from right to left in the above view , we saw views looking downstream of the river's mainstream and of the its three branches:.
The above view is looking downstream from the Dupessis Bridge. To the left are two smaller streams, one passing under each of the ends of the bridge. To the right is the main stream. We thought we were seeing the three streams — but we were wrong! To get a full appreciation of the "Three Rivers" you need to be in a helicopter — as was lucky Axel Drainville in October We only went a third of the way along yet we thought we were seeing the three proverbial "three rivers".
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