Champ de Mars, Montreal - Biblioteka.sk

Montreal's fortifications
in Champ de Mars, Montreal Quebec, Canada
Type	Montreal's fortifications, formerly a parade grounds and city walls

Champ de Mars is a public park in Old Montreal quarter of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Formerly a military parade ground, the park had previously been traversed by Montreal's fortifications, which were demolished at the beginning of the 19th century. The adjacent Montreal City Hall (1878) and the old courthouse (1856) were later built inside the line of the fortifications. Champ de Mars served as a municipal parking lot starting in the 1960s until being restored as a park in 1992. At that time, the foundations of Montreal's city walls were discovered and restored.

The site's name commemorates its former military purpose; Mars was the Roman god of war and campus Martius was a Latin term for a military exercise ground.^[1] The walls now standing on site are the foundations of the original walls used to protect the city.^[2]

The area is bordered by the Montreal City Hall, the old and new courthouses and the Champ-de-Mars Metro station.

References

^ "Origin of the name Champ-de-Mars". Tour toponymique Les stations de métro, Communauté urbaine de Montréal, 1989. STM Web site. Archived from the original on 2013-05-27. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
^ "Champ de Mars". Montreal Travel Guide.com. Archived from the original on 2008-04-15. Retrieved 2008-03-05.

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Champ de Mars, Vieux Montreal
Champ de Mars, Canada Photos Archived 2009-11-11 at the Wayback Machine

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