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Nouvelle-Acadie: The villages of Sainte-Marie-Salomé, Saint-Liguori, Saint-Jacques and Saint-Alexis have a unique historical heritage as a refuge for Acadians deported by the British from the Maritime provinces in the late 18th century.
The Festival de Lanaudière is Canada's largest classical music festival. For five weeks in July and August, symphony orchestras to play in a natural amphitheatre in Joliette. It had a capacity of up to 8,000 people, and its outstanding acoustics makes it popular with soloists, musicians and chamber music orchestras from around the world. Some of Lanaudière’s churches are also transformed into performance halls, while the Salle Rolland-Brunelle is set up in cabaret format.
Rawdon is home to the Dorwin and Manchester falls, which lie less than a kilometre from downtown and offer a public beach on the artificial Rawdon Lake.
The Joliette Art Museum's works include paintings, sculptures, paper artwork and a large collection of art from the French Middle Ages.