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Montreal is a fun city with friendly people,
European flavor and an abundance of restaurants and nightlife. The
world second largest French speaking city after Paris Montreal is
alive with French culture, romance and charm. The city sits on an
island forty kilometers long by fifteenth wide where the Ottawa
River travels into the Saint Lawrence. Mount Royal is an extinct
volcano in the middle of the island and it affords the best view of
the city at two hundred and thirty two meters above the sea level.
At the south end of Mount Royal Park is one of North America most
visited shrines. Saint Joseph Oratory attracts over two million
pilgrims annually to pay homage to St. Joseph, the patron saint of
Canada. The basilica whose copper dome is the second largest in the
world after St. Peters in Rome dominates the grand Italian
Renaissance style structure...
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