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Trois Rivières, Quebec

The city's main street is Rue des Forges, in the heart of the Old City, composed of century-old buildings housing a great variety of shops. In the warmer months, the area is regularly closed to vehicular traffic to accommodate various festivals and events, turning the downtown core into a "car-free zone". Trois-Rivières is officially the "National Poetry Capital of Quebec"; numerous plaques displaying poetic verses are installed across the center of the city, and its International Festival of Poetry (held each year in the first week of October) honors this title.