Place du Parc

Parc des Braves in Québec City is a historic park in the Montcalm neighborhood, managed as an urban national park by the National Battlefields Commission. The site was the scene of the Battle of Sainte-Foy in 1760. At the center of the park stands a 22-meter-tall monument commemorating the French and British troops under François-Gaston de Lévis and James Murray. Atop the column sits a statue of Bellona, the Roman goddess of war, carrying a lance and shield. The park itself was laid out between 1913 and 1915 to designs by Frederick Todd and today offers visitors a quiet place to remember this important historical clash.