Priory of the Knights of Malta stone, Chateau

Stone carved by the Priory of the Knights of Malta, 1647, originally from the Chateau St Louis, but since 1920 has been set into the facade next to the entrance of the Chateau Frontenac, opened 1893, designed by Bruce Price as a chateau style hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway company or CPR, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The building was extended and the central tower added in 1924, by William Sutherland Maxwell. It is now a hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, and is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

Picture No

13441249

Media ID

45132005

Size

5906px x 4038px (9.8MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen