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Chateau Frontenac

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The Chateau Frontenac is a grand hotel atop Cap Diamant overlooking the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec City, Canada, opened in 1893 to a design by the American architect Bruce Price for the Canadian Pacific Railway, which built a chain of similar chateau-style hotels across Canada. Its steeply pitched copper roofs, dormer windows and round turrets, drawn from French Renaissance chateau architecture, gave the building and its later expansions their distinctive silhouette; a central tower addition completed in the 1920s brought the building to its present height of roughly 80 meters. It is frequently described as the most photographed hotel in the world and has hosted numerous heads of state, including Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill during the Quebec Conferences of the Second World War.

Facts
Building Type
Hotel 1
Location
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada 1
Completed Year
1893 2
Source gives the year of opening; the completion year is taken to be the same and is not separately stated.
Height (m)
79.9 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Hotel 1
Connections

Has Building Type

Hotel, Concepts

In Style

Gothic Revival, Styles and Movements
Source Wikidata: Chateau Frontenac
Additional Source Château Frontenac, WikipediaWikipedia category: Gothic Revival architecture in Quebec City

Uses Element

Brick, Architectural Materials
Source Wikidata: Chateau Frontenac
Additional Source Château Frontenac, WikipediaWikipedia article
Steel, Architectural Materials
Source Wikidata: Chateau Frontenac
Additional Source Château Frontenac, WikipediaWikipedia article
Stone, Architectural Materials
Source Wikidata: Chateau Frontenac
Additional Source Château Frontenac, WikipediaWikipedia article
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Canada

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Sources
1. Château Frontenac, Wikipedia
  • Lead, paragraph 1, sentence 1, type of building
    is a historic hotel in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
  • Lead, paragraph 1, sentence 1, place named
    is a historic hotel in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
  • Lead, opening year statement
    Opened in 1893, the Châteauesque-styled building has 18 floors; its 79.9-metre (262-foot) height is augmented by its 54-metre (177-foot) ground elevation.
  • Lead, paragraph 2, sentence 1, height statement
    Opened in 1893, the Châteauesque-styled building has 18 floors; its 79.9-metre (262-foot) height is augmented by its 54-metre (177-foot) ground elevation.
  • 1890s-present
    The World War II Allies met there during the First and Second Quebec Conference (in 1943 and 1944 respectively). During these conferences, officials including American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, and Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, discussed strategy for World War II.
  • Uses Element: Brick, Wikipedia article
    The exterior base of the hotel is largely made of grey stone ashlar, with steel framing running up the building, Glenboig brick cladding.
  • Uses Element: Steel, Wikipedia article
    The exterior base of the hotel is largely made of grey stone ashlar, with steel framing running up the building, Glenboig brick cladding.
  • Uses Element: Stone, Wikipedia article
    The exterior base of the hotel is largely made of grey stone ashlar, with steel framing running up the building, Glenboig brick cladding.
  • In Style: Gothic Revival, Wikipedia category: Gothic Revival architecture in Quebec City
    Category:Gothic Revival architecture in Quebec City
  • In Group: Hotels and Grand Hotels, Lead paragraph
    The Fairmont Le Château Frontenac, commonly referred to as the Château Frontenac (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto fʁɔ̃tnak]), is a historic hotel in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
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2. Wikidata: Chateau Frontenac
  • Wikidata Q745964, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q745964, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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