The Citadelle—the French name is used both in English and French—is a military installation and official residence located atop Cap Diamant, adjoining the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. This citadel is part of the fortifications of Quebec City, the only city with extant city walls in North America.

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  • The Citadelle—the French name is used both in English and French—is a military installation and official residence located atop Cap Diamant, adjoining the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. This citadel is part of the fortifications of Quebec City, the only city with extant city walls in North America. The Quebec Parliament Building and many other provincial government buildings and several large hotels are also nearby, towering over this sunken or flat citadel, typical of late 18th century and early 19th century castrametation. The first protective wall (enceinte) was built in the 17th century under Louis de Buade, sieur de Frontenac. A plan of fortifications was developed by the French military engineer Jacques Levasseur de Néré (1662–1723) and approved by Louis XIV's commissary general of fortifications Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban in 1701. Considerable work took place on the fortifications after the fall of Louisbourg in 1745 under the direction of military engineer Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry. The existing star-shaped fortifications were built by the United Kingdom between 1820 and 1831 under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel Elias Walker Durnford of the Royal Engineers, and incorporated a section of the French "enceinte" of 1745. Their purpose was to secure the strategic heights of Cape Diamond against the Americans and to serve as a refuge for the British garrison in the event of attack or rebellion. The preservation of much of the fortifications and defences of Quebec is due to the intervention of Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, Governor General of Canada 1872–1878, who also established the Citadelle as a vice-regal residence. The Quebec Conferences of 1943 and 1944, in which Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and William Lyon Mackenzie King discussed strategy for World War II, were held at the Citadelle of Quebec. The Citadelle is the home station of the Royal 22 Régiment of the Canadian Forces since 1920. In addition to its use as a military installation, it has been also an official residence of the Governor General of Canada since 1872, who by tradition resides there for several weeks out of the year. (The Governor General's primary official residence is Rideau Hall in Ottawa.)
  • La Citadelle de Québec est une fortification située sur le Cap Diamant dans la ville de Québec. Adjacente aux Plaines d'Abraham, elle est partie intégrante des fortifications de la vieille ville. La ville de Québec est la seule en Amérique du Nord qui a conservé l'ensemble de ses fortifications, dont son enceinte. L'édifice du Parlement du Québec, ainsi que plusieurs autres édifices gouvernementaux et grands hôtels sont situés tout près de cette citadelle dite enfoncée ou de surface plane, typique de la fin du XVIII siècle et du début du XIX siècle.
  • Квебе́кская кре́пость — военное укрепление, расположенное на мысе Диаман в городе Квебеке. Прилегая к Полям Абраама, она является неотъемлемой частью укреплений старого города. Квебек — единственный город в Северной Америке, сохранивший ансамбль своих военных оборонительных сооружений. Рядом с этой углублённой крепостью — то есть расположенной на ровной поверхности, что типично для конца XVIII—начала XIX века,— находится здание Парламента Квебека, а также ряд других правительственных зданий и крупных гостиниц.
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  • The main gate of La Citadelle
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    Quebec City, Quebec
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  • The Citadelle—the French name is used both in English and French—is a military installation and official residence located atop Cap Diamant, adjoining the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. This citadel is part of the fortifications of Quebec City, the only city with extant city walls in North America.
  • La Citadelle de Québec est une fortification située sur le Cap Diamant dans la ville de Québec. Adjacente aux Plaines d'Abraham, elle est partie intégrante des fortifications de la vieille ville. La ville de Québec est la seule en Amérique du Nord qui a conservé l'ensemble de ses fortifications, dont son enceinte.
  • Квебе́кская кре́пость — военное укрепление, расположенное на мысе Диаман в городе Квебеке. Прилегая к Полям Абраама, она является неотъемлемой частью укреплений старого города.
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  • Citadelle de Québec
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