Fun fact 5 about Montreal
city
The first cross on Mount Royal was placed there in 1643 by Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve.
Montreal
Canada
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Montreal
Canada
Country
Canada
Population
1.8M
Coordinates
45.50, -73.57
Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the eighth-largest in North America. Founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", it now takes its name from Mount Royal, the triple-peaked mountain around which the early settlement was built.
From the “Neighbourhoods” section
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