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Located at the confluence of the Saint Laurent, it offers an architec- ture that alternates blissfully between modernity, Gothic Revival style for its churches and Victorian style for its charming wooden houses.
The small stone streets in the old neighborhoods of Old Montreal and of the Old Port give them an undeniable stamp. The gray stone typical of French limestone mansions contrast with the colors of the bricks of Anglo-Saxon style.
Montreal really would explode in the nineteenth century, at the end of the war with the United States.
Westmount is a residential area inhabited by English citizens, and Outre- mont by the French community.
The Golden Square Mile is the name of a luxury neighborhood situated on a slope of Mount Royal with the richest variants of cottages and manors in the Montreal style.
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