- Place des Arts is a major performing arts centre in Montreal, Q, and the largest cultural and artistic complex in Canada
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Place des Arts facts
- Located in the eastern part of the city's downtown, between Saint Catherine and de Maisonneuve Streets, and St-Urbain and Jeanne-Mance streets, in an area now known as the Quartier des Spectacles located in the borough of Ville-Marie, the complex is home to the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, and the Opéra de Montréal
- Place des Arts was an initiative of Mayor Jean Drapeau, a noted lover of opera, as part of a project to expand the downtown core eastward from the concentration of business and financial activity in the centre-west part of downtown
- The Corporation George-Étienne-Cartier, named in honour of George-Étienne Cartier, a Father of Confederation and opera lover, was set up to build it, and the first part of the complex (including the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier) was inaugurated on September 21, 1963
- The other theatres were added progressively
- The Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal was added to the complex on May 28, 1992
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