点评:There are many great things and places to see in Old Montreal. Perhaps one of its best public spaces is Place Jacques-Cartier. It is paved public market space that runs between Rue Notre Dame (Montreal City Hall) and Rue Commune (Old Port Montreal) with other great Old Montreal sites like Notre Dame de Bonsecours Chapel and Bonsecours Market nearby. It became Montreal's premier open market in 1809 when the large Chateau Vaudreuil burned and left the space where the place sits between two roads vacant. About that same time, it acquired its signature feature at the top of the hill across from City Hall, Nelson's Monument which is a column dedicated to Nelson's victory over the French Navy at Trafalgar. While there are many monuments to Nelson around the British controlled world, this column is the only tribute to Nelson in North American and the entire New World for that matter. Between City Hall, Bonsecours chapel and market and Nelson's Monument, it is likely you will visit this plaza.
We had to the chance to see it at various times, once in the morning, once during the day and once at night when we ate at Jacopo, an Italian restaurant on the square. It is a great open public space that is made for pictures. Every time we saw many people enjoying this open pedestrian space that slopes from City Hall to the St. Lawrence River. Best of all it is totally free to visit.
翻译:老蒙特利尔有许多值得一看的景点和去处。其中,雅克-卡地亚广场或许是最出色的公共空间之一。这是一个铺砌而成的公共集市区,位于圣母街(蒙特利尔市政厅)与康芒街(蒙特利尔老港)之间,附近还有圣母博塞库尔教堂和博塞库尔市场等老蒙特利尔的著名景点。1809年,规模宏大的沃德鲁伊城堡不幸失火,导致其所在的两条道路之间的空地无人占用,该地因此成为了蒙特利尔最主要的露天市场。大约在同一时期,它又增添了标志性的景观:位于市政厅对面小山丘顶端的纳尔逊纪念碑。这是一座为纪念纳尔逊在特拉法尔加海战中所取得的对法国海军的胜利而建的纪念柱。尽管在英国控制的世界各地有许多纪念纳尔逊的纪念碑,这座纪念柱是北美乃至整个新世界范围内唯一一座向纳尔逊致敬的纪念物。从市政厅、邦塞库尔教堂与市场,再到纳尔逊纪念碑,您很可能会顺道游览这个广场。
我们有幸在不同时间段观赏过它:一次是早晨,一次是白天,还有一次是在晚上,当时我们在广场上的一家意大利餐厅Jacopo用餐。这是一个非常适合拍照的开放式公共空间。每次我们看到都有很多人尽情享受这片从市政厅一直延伸至圣劳伦斯河的开放式步行空间。最棒的是,这里完全免费开放。