Pôle culturel du Monastère des Ursulines

The Pôle culturel du Monastère des Ursulines occupies an expansive complex of stone buildings in Old Quebec, recognizable by their steep roofs and classic seventeenth-century colonial architecture. This site marks the location of the first school for girls in North America, established in sixteen thirty-nine by Marie de l'Incarnation. She arrived from France to lead the mission, eventually overseeing the construction of a monastery that grew and evolved alongside the colony.