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A La Mère Catherine BEYOND THE CENTRE
was a favourite eating Montmartre
place of Russian Cossacks
in 1814. They would bang
on the table and shout
“Bistro!” (Russian for
“quick”) – hence the Paris St-Pierre de Montmartre was
bistro was born. made a Temple of Reason in the
Revolution – this new cult was
meant to replace Christianity
Locator Map
For more detail see p145

R U E S T- V I N C E N T

R U E
C O R T O T

R U E D U M O N T C E N I S G U I B E R T R U E PA U L A L B E R T The beautiful Sacré-
R U E D U
R U E S T- R U S T I Q U E C H E VA L I E R R U E L A M A R C K
Coeur illuminated
R U E N O R V I N S
at sunrise
P L D U PA R VA I S
D U S A C R E -
CO E U R
The Romano-Byzantine
RUE DU CARDINAL
Sacré-Coeur, started in the 1870s
R U E A Z A I S
and completed in 1914, is a
highlight of the area (p146).
R U E D U
C A R D I N A L D U B O I S
R U E S T- E L E U T H E R E
Halle Saint-Pierre hosts
S Q exhibitions of Art Brut and
W I L L E T T E R U E C H N O D I E R Naïve Art.
R U E C H A P P E P L S T- P I E R R E Montmartre’s name
Did You Know?

is ascribed to local
START R U E TA R D I E U martyrs tortured in
around AD 250:
mons martyrium.

R U E D E
FINISH
S T E I N K E R Q U E
Square Willette lies below the parvis
The funiculaire, or cable railway, at the (forecourt) of Sacré-Coeur. It is laid out
end of Rue Foyatier takes you to the on the side of the hill in a series of
foot of the basilica of Sacré-Coeur. descending terraces with lawns,
Metro tickets are valid on it. shrubs, trees and flowerbeds.
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