The Ursuline School Playground - Four Centuries of Learning at Play

Québec, CanadaEVOQ ArchitectureLandscape Architecture, Institutional Architecture, Urban Design Located in the heart of Old Quebec, the Ursuline Monastery is one of the few large conventual complexes dating from the establishment of the French colony beginning in the 17th century. This National Historic Site has been dedicated to education since the arrival of a missionary group of Ursuline nuns in 1639 and its built and landscape components bear witness to the different phases of its evolution. In ... (continued)