http://quebeccity.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ en Vox Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:24:34 -0700 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://quebeccity.vox.com/library/post/architecture-of-quebec-city.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Quebec City) http://quebeccity.vox.com/library/post/architecture-of-quebec-city.html?_c=feed-rss http://quebeccity.vox.com/library/post/architecture-of-quebec-city.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:24:34 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://quebeccity.vox.com/library/photo/6a00fae8c71d3d000b0110181d0903860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00fae8c71d3d000b0110181d0903860f-50si" alt="48hrsQuebec" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The architecture of Quebec City is characterized by the fact that it is one of North America's oldest cities, being founded in 1608. The original French settlers in the area imported architecture similar to that found in their native country at t... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://quebeccity.vox.com/library/post/architecture-of-quebec-city.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fae8c71d3d000b011016428967860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> vacation hotel holiday trip books transport travel education blogroll accommodation http://quebeccity.vox.com/library/post/st-lawrence-river.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Quebec City) http://quebeccity.vox.com/library/post/st-lawrence-river.html?_c=feed-rss http://quebeccity.vox.com/library/post/st-lawrence-river.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:01:43 -0800 St. Lawrence River - (Eng Saint Lawrence River, fr. Fleuve Saint-Laurent), the most important river of Canada, located in the southern part of the country. Its length is 1,200 km, the basin area of 1.5 million km2. It flows from Lake Ontario, an... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://quebeccity.vox.com/library/post/st-lawrence-river.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fae8c71d3d000b011016294e0e860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> vacation hotel holiday trip books transport travel education blogroll accommodation http://quebeccity.vox.com/library/post/history.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Quebec City) http://quebeccity.vox.com/library/post/history.html?_c=feed-rss http://quebeccity.vox.com/library/post/history.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:12:24 -0800 Quebec was founded on July 3 1608 by Samuel de Champlain in the indigenous villages. Settlement was at the river estuary St. Lawrence, so it quickly began to play a role as a commercial beachhead inland. In the years 1629 - 1632 the city was occu... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://quebeccity.vox.com/library/post/history.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fae8c71d3d000b010980bdd0d4000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> vacation hotel holiday trip books transport travel education blogroll accommodation http://quebeccity.vox.com/library/post/climate.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Quebec City) http://quebeccity.vox.com/library/post/climate.html?_c=feed-rss http://quebeccity.vox.com/library/post/climate.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:25:28 -0700 The climate is continental in Quebec and is characterized by a cold winter and a warm summer from. The temperature values are comparable with those in Moscow, but Moscow would be on the same longitude nearly 1,100 kilometers north of Quebec. The t... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://quebeccity.vox.com/library/post/climate.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fae8c71d3d000b00fa96a0dfb40003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> vacation hotel holiday trip books transport travel education blogroll accommodation http://quebeccity.vox.com/library/post/20th-and-21st-centuries.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Quebec City) http://quebeccity.vox.com/library/post/20th-and-21st-centuries.html?_c=feed-rss http://quebeccity.vox.com/library/post/20th-and-21st-centuries.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:32:19 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://quebeccity.vox.com/library/photo/6a00fae8c71d3d000b0100a7f58e06000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00fae8c71d3d000b0100a7f58e06000e-50si" alt="93_135_Old Quebec at night in winter - credit - J-F Bergeron Enviro Foto (600 x 400)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> During World War II, two conferences were held in Quebec City. The first one was held in 1943 with Franklin Delano Roosevelt (the United States' president),Winston Churchill (the United Kingdom's prime minister), William Lyon Mackenzie King (Canad... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://quebeccity.vox.com/library/post/20th-and-21st-centuries.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fae8c71d3d000b0100a7f58e09000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> vacation hotel holiday trip books transport travel education blogroll quebec city accommodation http://quebeccity.vox.com/library/post/british-rule.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Quebec City) http://quebeccity.vox.com/library/post/british-rule.html?_c=feed-rss http://quebeccity.vox.com/library/post/british-rule.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:43:50 -0700 During the American Revolution, revolutionary troops from the southern colonies assaulted the British garrison in an attempt to 'liberate' Quebec City now known as the Battle of Quebec. 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