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Bonsecours Market (French: Marche Bonsecours), at 350 rue Saint-Paul in Old Montreal, is a two-storey domed public market. For more than 100 years, it was the main public market in the Montreal area. It also briefly accommodated the Parliament of United Canada for one session in 1849.

Named for the adjacent Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel, it opened in 1847. During 1849 the building was used for the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada. The market's design was influenced by Dublin's Customs House.
Construction began in 1844 by British architect William Footner, and alterations completed in 1860 by Irish-born Montreal architect George Browne (1811-1885).

Bonsecours Market also housed Montreal City Hall between 1852 and 1878. The former city hall chambers is now a 3700-square-meter meeting room. Closed in 1963 as a farmer's central market, it was slated for demolition. Today, the market is multi purpose facility:
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Resides in Toronto. I love travel, nature, animal, photography, watching movies and listen to light music. I enjoy any artistic work and appreciate art in general. I believe I have the gift of visualizing everything are born beautiful. Beauty of nature as God's magical creation Self taught photographer since 1980. I believe I have this talent when I first owned the film-loaded camera. My photo interests include: Landscape, nature, flower macros, art work, night photograph, portrait and still work. ACHIEVEMENTS: - Selected as "FEATURE ARTISTS OF THE WEEK" in Fine Art America Weekly FUN For ALL Mediums Group, 10/19/2012 - "Christmas Spirit at Niagara Falls" won the Imagination Category in Metro Photo Challenge 2011 - Canada...