Victoria Memorial (Montreal)

Coordinates: 45°30′05″N 73°33′42″W / 45.50143°N 73.56159°W

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Monument to Queen Victoria
Monument à la reine Victoria


45°30′05″N 73°33′42″W / 45.50143°N 73.56159°W / 45.50143; -73.56159
Location	Victoria Square, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Designer	Marshall Wood (sculptor)
Type	Monument
Material	Bronze and granite
Beginning date	1869
Opening date	November 21, 1872
Dedicated to	Victoria of the United Kingdom

The Victoria Memorial (French: Monument à la reine Victoria) is a sculpture placed at the centre of Victoria Square in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.^[1]

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The statue of Queen Victoria in the centre of Victoria Square is the work of sculptor Marshall Wood, and was unveiled in 1872 by Lord Dufferin, the Governor General of Canada. At the time, the area surrounding Victoria Square was a prestigious neighbourhood.

It was funded by donations from a citizens' committee, by public subscription, on the occasion of Prince Arthur’s year living in Montreal. The bronze was cast by Holbrook & Company, Chelsea, England in 1869.

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The Victoria Memorial in Victoria Square, 1903

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^ "Monument à la reine Victoria". Art Public Montréal. Retrieved December 9, 2020.

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Monument à la reine Victoria

Public art in Montreal

Queen Victoria

Queen of the United Kingdom (1837–1901), Empress of India (1876–1901)

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Family

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (husband)
Victoria, German Empress (daughter)
Edward VII (son)
Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine (daughter)
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (son)
Helena, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (daughter)
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (daughter)
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (son)
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (son)
Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg (daughter)
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (father)
Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (mother)
Feodora, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (half-sister)
Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen (half-brother)
Descendants
Royal descendants

Early life

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