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Located in what has become one of my favorite areas in Paris - Montmartre - Place du Terte is full of artists and portrait painters. Historically interesting. Physically beautiful. Inundated with tourists. Nonetheless, the vibrant colors and the festive theme-park-like atmosphere begs for several photos.
The square is lined with eateries should the trek to this area induce hunger.
Plenty of "I've been to France" t-shirt stores.
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Montmartre, the name of the butte comes from the Latin word "mons martyrium", the place were people were tortured around 250 BC.
Make sure you are in a good shape to climb the stairs to the Sacré Coeur. It's only 150 m, but it's a bit of a climb.
The only thing I dont like here, is the fact that on your way up, African peddlers continually bother you with some colored strings. I have no idea about their intentions with these strings, but I thought it was very annoying.
Well, I guess this makes part of the ambience... :-)
The basilica is nicer from the outside than fom the inside. It's not a very old church. It's construction, which started in 1870 was finished in 1914.
For those who don't like to climb the stairs, there is a cable railway. Metro tickets are valid. Leave a Comment
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At the Montmartre-hill, there has been a small village for many centuries. When the Romans came here in the 2nd century they built a temple on top of the hill. In this time, the first bishop of Paris, St. Denis, lived in this area. Because the Romans didn't accept Christianity, they deheaded the bishop at this hill. The name Montmartre has its origin here: Mont des Martyrs means Hill of the martyr.
In the 12th century, the first religious influences reached the hill. In these days, an abbey was built here. Influenced by the abbey, the area began te develop. In the 17th century Montmartre was an important hill because of its vineyards producing wine and its windmills producing flour.
When Baron Haussmann began his works in the centre of Paris, a lot of people had to leave the centre and moved to Montmartre. In this period the area changed quickly: from a rural village into a suburb that was officially added to the city of Paris in 1860. In this period of urbanisation, Montmartre began to attract artists from all over the country and even Europe: the life in here was good, there were no taxes on the local wines and the rents were low. Many famous painters moved to Montmartre, like Picasso, Van Gogh, Matisse and Toulouse-Lautrec.
After WW I, the artistists left Montmartre and thiefs, prostitutes and gangsters took over the area. It was not until the last decades of the 20th century before the area started to recover. Today Montmartre still has a lot of sex-shops and illegal prostitues around Place Pigalle, and some of its inhabitants still don't look like the most honest people in the world, but the biggest part of the area looks a lot like the rural village that is used to be, and has a very own charme.
Check out my of-the-beaten-path tips for some nice and quiet places on the hill. Leave a Comment
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If memory serves me the Sacre Coeur is at one of the highest points in Paris. It is located in the district of Montmartre which is an old artist area of Paris.
Right behind the Sacre Coeur you'll find a web of small streets that lead to a cool square that I've forgotten the name of. Here there are plenty of places to eat, drink and enjoy the afternoon.
One tip: If you arrive in the area on the Metro and there's an elevator to the street level, take it. You may see a ton of people waiting for the elevator, but there's a reason. In this part of Paris you're way down beneath the ground. When we got there we thought "forget waiting, let's take the stairs". 3 days later we reached the street level. Leave a Comment
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Montmartre is the highest point of central Paris. There are many slopy streets that are taking you the top, fullfilled with painters' ateliers, nice shops of photos and art crafts, many pandomim and mimic artists...
I've bought some pictures for my house there.. And whilst we were walking two artists stopped us and they cut our profiles on black papers in an extremely fast way! Lorenzo's profile was exactly him!
There is Salvador Dali's museum in Montmartre, if you like his works.. Leave a Comment
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Sacre Coeur is the church that is constructed in the top of Montmartre. It's silhuette can be seen easily from different points of Paris. For me outside of the church is really outstanding! The marbles of the outside facades are the kind of that never get powder on thus the church seems always clean and shining white on Paris..
Whereas, the inside of the church doesn't match good with it's facades. It seems like more amateur compare to it's outside.. My humble opinions of course.. Leave a Comment
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This huge white domed building sits high up in the cobbled Montemartre area of Paris overlooking the city.
This is a Catholic church which is still in use!
The building was started during the 1870's.
You can also go up into the dome to enjoy more of Paris's views! Leave a Comment
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When we arrived to Sacre-Coeur we were surprized to recognize the Byzantine style in the architecture of the basilica. We weren't quite expecting it, after days of seeing only Gothic architecture in most of the city's churches. That made me very curious about Sacre-Coeur's past. The French government decided to erect the basilica after France's defeat by the Prusians in 1870 to symbolize the end of the misfortunes and the return to strength of the 19th century France. The construction was started in 1875 to Paul Abadie's design. Like many other buildings in Paris, this one was controversial with people loving it and hating it with the same passion. The basilica was finally consecrated in 1919. Because of the location and size its effect is grand. The inside has beautiful mosaics. Leave a Comment
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Once in Montmarte, you will not miss the Sacre Coeur church at the top of a hill with lots of steep stairs. You can walk up the stairs or take the funicular. Although it was drizzling and cold, we went up all of the stairs. My husband took my son and they walked up the stairs very slowly. I pulled the stroller up stair by stair. It's not the best way to travel, but it allowed a lot of photo opps and the ability to admire the wonderful view as you go up higher and higher. Leave a Comment
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The architect of this Basillica is named Abadie. The first stone was laid in 1875. The architiect himself died with only the foundation having been completed.
It was completed in 1914, but not consecrated until 1919 after WWI ended. It's cost - 40 million francs. Leave a Comment
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