Hotel Storico
Nel 1944, questo splendido monolite fu il principale centro conferenze del Quebec durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Ispirandosi profondamente all'architettura del Medioevo e del Rinascimento, l'architetto newyorkese Bruce Price progettò il Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac per Quebec City. Il suo nome deriva dal fiammeggiante governatore francese del 1672, Louis de Buade, e il Fairmont vanta un forte orgoglio francese e quebecchese. Nei suoi 300 anni di storia e di fama, non sorprende che tra le sue mura siano stati ospitati personaggi di spicco come Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Re Giorgio VI, la Regina Elisabetta e la Principessa Grace di Monaco.
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Sintesi delle recensioni relative alla categoria 'Storico'.Se cercate un hotel che trasuda storia e carattere, non potete sbagliare con il Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac. Questo iconico hotel è un pezzo importante della storia del Quebec e gli ospiti sono entusiasti della sua splendida architettura e del suo status di punto di riferimento della città. L'hotel vanta un'atmosfera straniera con il francese come lingua principale, offrendo un'esperienza davvero autentica nel cuore di Quebec City. L'edificio stesso è emblematico e incanta i visitatori con il suo fascino decorativo e storico. Nonostante la sua età, l'hotel è stato ben conservato e mantenuto e gli ospiti notano quanto sia pulito e bello. In effetti, molti lo paragonano ai castelli storici d'Europa. La posizione non potrebbe essere migliore e la reputazione dell'hotel come icona è ben meritata. Se siete alla ricerca di una vera esperienza storica, non cercate oltre il Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac.
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Anno di costruzione: 1893
Qual è la storia dell'immobile?
For more than a century, Québec City’s Fairmont Le Château Frontenac has been the true-life castle of many people’s dreams… Everyone - young and old, music and film stars, sports personalities and political figures - enjoys discovering Fairmont Le Château Frontenac and delights in returning again and again.
After Les Châteaux Saint Louis and Haldimand, residences of the French and English governors for over two centuries, Cape Diamond had lost its prestige and successive plans for a grand hotel in Québec City never materialized.
By the late 19th century, William Van Horne, President of Canadian Pacific Railways (C.P.R.), had raised enough funds to build the ideal stopover for C.P.R. travellers, Le Château Frontenac. Van Horne retained the services of the New York architect Bruce Price, who had already designed Montréal’s Windsor Station and who, incidentally, was the father of the American writer Emily Post. Drawing on the architectural styles of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Price immortalized the history of the two great powers that had occupied Québec City’s highest promontory.
On December 18, 1893 the first wing of Fairmont Le Château Frontenac was inaugurated. it had 170 rooms, 93 of which had bathrooms and fireplaces, remarkable luxuries at the time. The Hotel also included three magnificent suites—the Habitant, the Chinoise and the Hollandaise.
Several extensions followed until 1993 to build the hotel as it stands today with its 610 rooms, spread over 18 floors. The citadel wing was built in 1899, followed by the Mont-Carmel wing in 1908. The Saint-Louis wing and the central tower, whose look resembles the dungeons of medieval castles, were built between 1920 and 1924. Following a fire in 1926, an original section of the hotel was reconstructed from architect price's original plans. A new expansion phase was completed in June 1993 with the Claude-Pratte wing, which offers Château Frontenac guests an indoor pool, a fitness center and a magnificent outdoor terrace.
Today, Fairmont le Château Frontenac rises even more proudly on cap diamant, always ready to receive its guests from around the world in a pleasant, elegant and refined atmosphere.
Qual è l'epoca e/o lo stile architettonico in cui è stato costruito l'immobile?
A blend of Middle Ages and Renaissance architecture.
The hotel was inspired by the chateaux of the Loire Valley.
L'immobile è circondato da altri edifici storici?
Yes, it is in the heart of Old Quebec, a UNESCO world-heritage site.
Sono stati eseguiti lavori di restauro?
Yes, in 2014
Ci sono elementi di particolare importanza storica nell'edificio?
The hotel has many painted ceilings and carved elements.
Ci sono ospiti importanti o proprietari precedenti che meritano di essere menzionati?
A ROYAL CASTLE
The Château Frontenac is proud to have welcomed King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1939. A luxurious suite has also been designated in honor of the official visits of Queen Elizabeth II and his Excellency the Duke of Edinburgh. T-he Princess Grace of Monaco and Prince Rainier III occupied a suite of the Château during their presidency of the Queen’s Ball at the Quebec Winter Carnival in February 1969. For the highest honor of the Château Frontenac, many other royalty members have visited the Quebec castle, including Prince Andrew and Lady Sarah Ferguson of England.
FRONTENAC: HOST OF CRUCIAL POLITICAL MEETINGS
In August of 1943 and again in September of 1944, Le Château Frontenac became the center of the Quebec Conferences of World War II involving U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. The heads of the Allies held talks that proved decisive to prosecuting the war to a successful conclusion. The Château has been the host of many other American and Canadian political figures over the years: Theodore Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Pierre Eliott Trudeau, Brian Mulroney, and many more. Fairmont Le Château Frontenac is also proud to have hosted some of the world’s most known political personalities including Charles De Gaulle, president of the French Republic, Chiang-Kai-Shek from China, and François Mitterrand, from France are some of the legendary guests of the Quebec castle.
Ci sono eventi significativi che hanno avuto luogo nella proprietà in passato?
FRONTENAC: HOST OF CRUCIAL POLITICAL MEETINGS
In August of 1943 and again in September of 1944, Le Château Frontenac became the center of the Quebec Conferences of World War II involving U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. The heads of the Allies held talks that proved decisive to prosecuting the war to a successful conclusion.
L'immobile ha ricevuto certificazioni per il suo status storico?
National Historic Site of Canada
Descriverebbe la sua proprietà come (o lo è mai stata in passato) un:
