Reason for Designation: North America’s premier walled city is an architectural treasure and a monument to European colonial history in the New World. Often called a bit of Old Europe on ...

the second largest city in the province. Quebec's Old Town (Vieux-Québec) is the only North American fortified city north of Mexico whose walls still exist. It was declared a UNESCO World ...

Perched atop Cap Diamant, from which it overlooks the St. Lawrence River, the capital of Quebec province is the cradle of French civilization in North America and the continent's only walled city ...