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Montmartre History
An Annotated Walk Through Historic Montmartre

Élysée Montmartre, built in 1807, is the original cancan hall, located only a few doors down from the equally famous Le Chat Noir. Completed in 1914, the Romano-Byzantine style Basilique du Sacré-Coeur overlooks Paris from Butte Montmartre, the city's highest point. The church's gypsum exterior whitens naturally with time. 12th Century Church of St Pierre-de-Montmartre was built during the reign of Louis VI and is rumored to have been visited by the Italian poet Dante. La Mère Catherine is considered by many to be the world's first French Bistro. It is here where Russian Cossack soldiers, during their occupation of Paris in 1815, are thought to have ordered a drink This original boulangerie is among the last vestiges of the neighborhood landscape immortalized in the works of early 20th Century painter Maurice Utrillo. One such masterpiece can be Another spot featured prominently in Maurice Utrillo's work, La Maison Rose was patronized in its heyday by the likes of Gertrude Stein and Pablo Picasso. Picasso, Renoir, and other artists and intellectuals frequented this iconic cabaret, known for the exterior panel that inspired its name, which features a This former low-rent apartment building was home to Pablo Picasso for several of his most prolific years, essentially marking the birthplace of modern art. One of the original windmills once dominating the hillside of Montmartre, depicted in Renoir's 1876 masterpiece The home of 19th Century artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Vincent Van Gogh lived here from 1886 to 1888, entering the most transformative phase of his career. Café des Deux Moulins was immortalized in the film Perhaps the Montmartre landmark most ingrained in western pop culture, the Moulin Rouge is the ultimate cancan cabaret and has been featured in countless books, music, and films.

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