Montmartre is the artistic and bohemian neighborhood of the capital. It is located in the 18th arrondissement of Paris.
The Montmartre rises to 128 meters before the entrance to the church of St. Peter. Its northern flank decreases in steps towards the Plaine Saint-Denis, while its other sides are very steep. The mound is renowned for its monuments - the Church of St. Peter and the Basilica of the Sacred Cœur_ for its picturesque aspects such as windmills, taverns and Place du Tertre.
In 1786, the village of Montmartre was surrounded by fields, vineyards, thirteen mills and farms scattered. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century painters (De Jonking, Modigliani, Pissarro, Cezanne, Manet, Van Gogh, Toulouse Lautrec, Degas, Renoir, Picasso, Braque, Matisse, Duchamp, Dufy, Utrillo, etc. ...), writers (Alfred Jarry, Marcel Ayme, Max Jacob, Pierre Mac Orlan, Boris Vian, Jacques Prevert), musicians (Hector Berlioz, Eric Satie), attracted by its authentic character and the low rents, there are grouped together. They lived a bohemian life at the Bateau-Doe, the Castle of Mist and Rosimond mansion, now a museum of Montmartre.
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The Basilica of the Sacred Heart
architect Paul Abadie began work in June 1876 but, due to his untimely death in 1884, project will be purchased by 4 other architects.
The land of 12,500 square meters required the drilling of 83 wells 43 meters deep, filled with concrete to lay the foundations of the basilica on a floor weakened by the many careers that lie underneath. The church, neo Byzantine style, measures 85 meters long and 35 meters wide. The facade, made in the image of the Roman churches slippers, it is preceded by three-bay portico modeled on the church of Saint-Front de Périgueux. The egg-shaped dome is 83 meters, the tower is 84 meters high. The basilica is built of stone Souppes resistant as granite, which has the property to secrete a white substance - the cullet-on contact with rainwater, which is what gives it its brilliant whiteness which characterizes the monument.
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La Place du Tertre
Place du Tertre is located a few meters from the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at a height of 130 m above sea level. Center of artistic and bohemian neighborhood of the capital, it is the place of artists and the living heart of Montmartre. Unusual place in Paris, it was imagined and created by artists in the late '40s. Pissarro, Steinlen, Toulouse-Lautrec, Van Gogh, Modigliani, Picasso and many others have experienced and have developed artistic movements like Impressionism, and Cubism, Fauvism, Futurism, and Surrealism. They made this place a large open air studio, which became one of the sites Most visited Paris.
The creation of original works performed live is the main attraction of the Butte Montmartre. Place du Tertre is regulated and managed by the Mayor of Paris since 1980. Each artist is authorized and empowered by the Cultural Services of the City Hall to practice on a regulation that requires disclosure of original works, created by the exhibiting artist. This provision guarantees the authenticity and uniqueness of each work
The Square hosts 298 artists to Artists:
• Painters, using all painting techniques (oils, acrylics, watercolors, collages ...)
• portraits (pencil, charcoal, pastel) of
• Cartoons (humorous portraits)
• silhouettes (your profile cut with scissors)
As each site is shared by two artists, one can see on the Place du Tertre artists that up to 149 simultaneously.
In high season, from April to November, the terraces of restaurants occupy the center median, the artists are installed around the square. And the month of November to April, the terraces are dismantled and artists have all the Place du Tertre to set up their easels.
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MONTMARTRE AND THE CINEMA
Montmartre is a favorite site for filmmakers. In 1952, John Huston traces the fate of Toulouse-Lautrec in Moulin Rouge. In 1954, Jean Renoir, son of painter Auguste Renoir, captures the vibrant life of the neighborhood in the movie where Cora Cancan Vaucaire interprets the now famous Lament of the Butte. More recently, in 2001, Baz Luhrmann discusses the nightlife of Montmartre in his movie musical Moulin Rouge, starring Nicole Kidman. In 2001 also, Jean-Pierre Jeunet presents his famous The Fabulous Destiny of Amelie Poulain is happening largely in the cafe Les Deux Moulins on Rue Lepic.
Complainte de la Butte, by Cora Vaucaire
For more information:
History of Montmartre
http://www.histoire-en-ligne.com/spip.php?article452
Basilica of the Sacred Heart
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few cabarets
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moulin_de_la_galette
http://www.chatsnoirs .com / category, cabaret-cat-black 1125970.html
http://www.montmartrenet.com/article.php?id_article=11
http://www.au-lapin-agile.com / histo.htm