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The Hôpital-Général de Québec monastery

Part of the Hôpital-Général de Québec complex, photographed in 2012.
Part of the Hôpital-Général de Québec complex, photographed in 2012. Hôpital général de Québec · Jstremblay · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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The Hôpital-Général de Québec monastery is associated with the Augustinian sisters’ hospital work from 1693. The convent complex escaped the bombardments of the 1759 siege and preserves buildings that illustrate the history of religious hospital care in Quebec.

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The monastery and its significance, not the full history of hospital care in Québec.

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