Το 1944, αυτός ο όμορφος μονόλιθος ήταν το κύριο συνεδριακό κέντρο των διασκέψεων του Κεμπέκ κατά τη διάρκεια του Β' Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου. Βαθιά εμπνευσμένος από την αρχιτεκτονική του Μεσαίωνα και της Αναγέννησης, ο Νεοϋορκέζος αρχιτέκτονας Bruce Price σχεδίασε το Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac για την πόλη του Κεμπέκ. Το όνομά του προήλθε από τον επιδεικτικό Γάλλο κυβερνήτη γύρω στο 1672, Louis de Buade, το Fairmont διαθέτει έντονη γαλλική και κεμπεκική υπερηφάνεια. Μέσα στα 300 χρόνια της εκτεταμένης ιστορίας του και της φήμης του, δεν εκπλήσσει κανέναν το γεγονός ότι αξιόλογες προσωπικότητες όπως ο Ουίνστον Τσόρτσιλ, ο Φραγκλίνος Ρούσβελτ, ο βασιλιάς Γεώργιος ΣΤ', η βασίλισσα Ελισάβετ και η πριγκίπισσα Γκρέις του Μονακό φιλοξενήθηκαν στους τοίχους του.Έτος ανέγερσης: 1893
Ποια είναι η ιστορία του κτιρίου;
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.
Σε ποια εποχή και/ή σύμφωνα με ποιο αρχιτεκτονικό στιλ χτίστηκε το κτίριο;
A blend of Middle Ages and Renaissance architecture.
The hotel was inspired by the chateaux of the Loire Valley.
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