Maisonneuve Monument

Maisonneuve Monument
Monument à Paul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve
Location	Place d'Armes in Old Montreal
Designer	Louis-Philippe Hébert
Material	bronze, concrete
Opening date	July 1, 1895
Dedicated to	Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve

45°30′17″N 73°33′26″W / 45.50472°N 73.55722°W / 45.50472; -73.55722

The Maisonneuve Monument (French: Monument à Paul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve) is a monument by sculptor Louis-Philippe Hébert built in 1895 in Place d'Armes in Montreal.^[1]

History

This monument in memory of Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve, founder of Montreal, was unveiled on July 1, 1895, as part of the celebrations for the 250th anniversary of the founding of the city in 1892. In 1896, the imposing monument in the centre of Place d'Armes attracted many curious onlookers.

During the 1890s, a series of commemorative plaques was produced for the first time in Montreal, at the instigation of the Antiquarian and Numismatic Society, which took an active role in the project to build the Maisonneuve Monument. For its part, the Société historique de Montréal in 1892-93 had an obelisk erected in memory of the founders of Montreal. The Francophones and Anglophones of Montreal found common ground in the commemoration of the personalities of New France, with each cultural group highlighting its own heroes.^[2]