Cabot Square is an urban square

Town square

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 in Montreal

Montreal

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, between the former Montreal Forum

Montreal Forum

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 and the Montreal Children's Hospital

Montreal Children's Hospital

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.

The square is located in the Shaughnessy Village

Shaughnessy Village

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 neighbourhood, an area which has been recently re-dubbed the Qurtier 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

Confederation Building (Newfoundland and Labrador)

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 in St. John's, NF and Cape Bonavista

Cape Bonavista

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. Two other statutes of Cabot are both found in Bristol, England (Council House, Bristol

Council House, Bristol

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 and Bristol Harbour

Bristol Harbour

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).

Overview

The park opened in 1870 and the monument to Italian

Italy

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-born English explorer John Cabot

John Cabot

John Cabot was an Italian navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of parts of North America is commonly held to have been the first European encounter with the continent of North America since the Norse Vikings in the eleventh century...

, by Italian sculptor Guido Casini (1892–1956), was unveiled on May 25, 1935.