The World Trade Centre Montreal (in

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, ''Centre de Commerce mondial de Montréal'') is a shopping centre, office and hotel complex located in the Quartier international district of

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. Completed in 1992 by

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, it is an example of a 'horizontal skyscraper' and a leading example of

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and rehabilitation. The complex united several smaller

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commercial buildings (including the city's historic

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building and

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building) by encasing them in a larger form, in this case a massive glassed-in atrium running the length of what was once Fortification Lane, itself the site of the city's colonial defensive walls. In a kind of post-modern hommage, a remnant of the

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, given to the city in 1992, is on public exhibit within the complex. The complex includes other historic elements, such as a fountain by French architect and sculptor Dieudonné-Barthélemy Guibal (1699–1757) also donated to the city in 1992. At the far end of the centre is the Montreal

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Hotel. From the exterior it appears as a quintessential late-19th century Montreal business block with a diverse collection of buildings in different styles. Once inside the rear sections of those buildings have been oriented on to a vast open space, replete with reflecting pool, cafés, boutiques and other diverse services. The interior is united in its impressive open volume and natural lighting, it reveals itself in layers - for the uninitiated the interior space is often thoroughly unexpected. The centre is connected to Montreal's

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and to Square-Victoria-OACI

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station towards the West and

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and Place Riopelle to the East.

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1992 establishments in Quebec