Parvis de l'Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste

The Parvis de l'Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste is a wide, paved public square that slopes upward toward the massive stone facade of the former Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church. This space sits at four hundred Rue Saint-Jean, serving as an open terrace where the urban life of the neighborhood meets the shadow of the monumental building. The square was redeveloped in two thousand one as a joint project between the City of Quebec and the National Capital Commission, intended to provide a community gathering point that frames the architecture rising above it.