St. Denis Street

St. Denis is one of the main streets in the northern part of Montreal. It starts from the chapel of Notre Dame de Bon in the old part of Montreal and runs to the Bank de Rivière in the northern part. The street runs through the Latin Quarter, there are many excellent cafes and restaurants, and in the Plateau Mont Royal you can see buildings made in a special Montreal style of architecture.

St. Denis Street was established in the early nineteenth century on lands acquired by Louis-Joseph Papineau. After that, it was expanded several times, in 1836 the Cathedral of Saint-Jacques was built on it. Until the end of the century, trade in various goods developed in the northern part of the street, and by the twentieth century it had become the cultural center of Montreal thanks to three universities built on it. The most famous of the educational institutions located here is now the University of Quebec in Montreal.