Sol Invictus
11-03-2009, 05:15 PM
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Folk hero Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve holds a flint lock pistol to the throat of an enemy Iroquois warrior, who's repeated harrassments against the settlement required the soldiers there to be under a constant state of readiness and war.
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Place d'Armes, the town centre, where the Basilique was built, and where many final stands took place on the part of French soldiers, and their allies, the Hurons.
Place d'Armes is a square in Old Montreal quarter of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The second oldest public site in Montreal, it was called Place de la Fabrique when it was first developed in 1693, at the request of the Sulpicians, then later renamed Place d'Armes in 1721 when it became the stage of various military events.
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Sergeant Major of the garrison of Ville-Marie Lambert Closse holding a flintlock, with his companion dog "Pilote". Lambert Closse died in combat fighting the Iroquois in 1662.
From 1781 to 1813, it was used as a hay and wood market, then developed as a Victorian garden after it was acquired by the city in 1836. Its present layout dates back to 1960.[1]
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A street in Old Montreal at night. These street designs are very unique to Canada.
The square features a monument in memory of Paul de Chomedey (1895), by artist Louis-Philippe Hébert, commemorating Chomedey's defense of the young French settlement against the Iroquois, against whom de Maisonneuve's allies the Hurons were fighting. Foundations from the original Notre-Dame Church lie under the square. [2]
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A Huron scouting party leads the French expedition up fleuve Saint-Laurent.
The buildings that surround it represent the major periods of Montreal's development. Fronting the square is Notre-Dame Basilica and the Saint-Sulpice Seminary.
http://i34.tinypic.com/2ajzxp5.jpg
An Iroquois warrior depiction on the monument dedicated to Paul de Chomedey and his soldier's valiant defense of the settlement located in the centre of Place d'armes.
The current Place d'Armes is actually the third location in Montreal to bear that name, a long-used French term for a place where a city's defenders assemble.
Folk hero Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve holds a flint lock pistol to the throat of an enemy Iroquois warrior, who's repeated harrassments against the settlement required the soldiers there to be under a constant state of readiness and war.
http://i37.tinypic.com/ekok21.jpg
Place d'Armes, the town centre, where the Basilique was built, and where many final stands took place on the part of French soldiers, and their allies, the Hurons.
Place d'Armes is a square in Old Montreal quarter of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The second oldest public site in Montreal, it was called Place de la Fabrique when it was first developed in 1693, at the request of the Sulpicians, then later renamed Place d'Armes in 1721 when it became the stage of various military events.
http://i38.tinypic.com/2ufvl3o.jpg
Sergeant Major of the garrison of Ville-Marie Lambert Closse holding a flintlock, with his companion dog "Pilote". Lambert Closse died in combat fighting the Iroquois in 1662.
From 1781 to 1813, it was used as a hay and wood market, then developed as a Victorian garden after it was acquired by the city in 1836. Its present layout dates back to 1960.[1]
http://i33.tinypic.com/29x9a1i.jpg
A street in Old Montreal at night. These street designs are very unique to Canada.
The square features a monument in memory of Paul de Chomedey (1895), by artist Louis-Philippe Hébert, commemorating Chomedey's defense of the young French settlement against the Iroquois, against whom de Maisonneuve's allies the Hurons were fighting. Foundations from the original Notre-Dame Church lie under the square. [2]
http://i36.tinypic.com/annhj6.jpg
A Huron scouting party leads the French expedition up fleuve Saint-Laurent.
The buildings that surround it represent the major periods of Montreal's development. Fronting the square is Notre-Dame Basilica and the Saint-Sulpice Seminary.
http://i34.tinypic.com/2ajzxp5.jpg
An Iroquois warrior depiction on the monument dedicated to Paul de Chomedey and his soldier's valiant defense of the settlement located in the centre of Place d'armes.
The current Place d'Armes is actually the third location in Montreal to bear that name, a long-used French term for a place where a city's defenders assemble.