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Quebec City Armoury, Military drill hall in La Cité-Limoilou, Canada.

Quebec City Armoury is a military drill hall in La Cité-Limoilou featuring steep gabled roofs, conical towers, and Gothic Revival stonework. The facility includes training spaces, offices, and exhibition areas that serve multiple purposes today.

Eugène-Étienne Taché designed the armoury, built from 1885 and inaugurated in 1888 by Governor General Lord Stanley. A wooden drill hall had stood on the site since 1863. A fire on 4 April 2008 left only a rear wall and the turrets beside the front door; reconstruction was completed and the building reopened on 26 April 2018.

Outside the armoury, at Place George V, stands André Gauthier's 1989 bronze haut-relief 'JE ME SOUVIENS', unveiled on November 11, 1989. The 6 by 9 foot wall memorial of bronze and granite honours soldiers of the Royal 22e Régiment killed in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War, with their names inscribed in granite. Gauthier drew on A.T.C. Bastiens' painting 'L'Avance' at the Canadian War Museum.

The armoury stands at 805 Wilfrid-Laurier East Avenue, between Grande Allée and the Plains of Abraham. The regiment was relocated to 835 Pierre-Bertrand Boulevard during reconstruction, and the building reopened on 26 April 2018 for public, military and government use. The Voltigeurs museum, housed there since 1960, lost its collections in the 2008 fire.

The fire alarm call on 4 April 2008 sent firefighters to the wrong armoury, at 101 rue du Manège in Beauport, while the Grande Allée building burned. The flag above the door survived the blaze intact. The wooden roof had been one of the largest of its kind in Canada.

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Eugène-Étienne Taché
Architectural style
Gothic Revival
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46.80630,-71.21400
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