Cabot Square, Montreal

Cabot Square is an urban square in Montreal, between the former Montreal Forum and the Montreal Children's Hospital. The square is located in the Shaughnessy Village neighbourhood, an area which has been recently re-dubbed the Quartier des Grands Jardins and has been slated for redevelopment. It is one of three statutes of Cabot in Canada, the others are found at Confederation Building in St. John's, NF and Cape Bonavista. Two other statutes of Cabot are both found in Bristol, England (Council House, Bristol and Bristol Harbour). The park opened in 1870 and the monument to Italian-born English explorer John Cabot, by Italian sculptor Guido Casini (1892–1956), was unveiled on May 25, 1935.