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Embassy Row

Range Road

Written by Bytown Museum on 03/Dec/2009

A photograph of Embassy Row in Sandy Hill

Range Road is known to many locals as Embassy Row. Take a short drive down Range Road and you can see why. You will pass the colourful flags and stately embassies of Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Morocco, Tanzania, Togo, Venezuela and others.

As the nation's capital, Ottawa is home to countless embassies, found throughout our urban neighbourhoods. Sandy Hill alone boasts close to 30 embassies scattered throughout the community.

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