The Place de Clichy is a square where four of the Paris arrondissements come together, the 8th, 9th, 17th and 18th. During the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st this was not so much a public square as a motorized disaster area, with more than four thousand Read More …
At 9:30 on a Sunday morning a group of VirtualTourist members met here at the Café des 2 Moulins at the suggestion of Paul Smith, who used this as the starting point for a walking tour of Montmartre. Anyone who has seen the film Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain, starring Read More …
At Place Marcel Aymé, just off of Rue Norvins, there is a statue by sculptor Jean Marais called Le passe-muraille, based on a short story by the French author Marcel Aymé (1902–1967), who lived here in Montmartre for many years. In this story a quiet middle-aged office worker named Dutilleul Read More …
Looming above Paris from its position on a hilltop near the northern edge of the city, the Basilique du Sacré-Cœur can be seen from most places in the eastern half of Paris that have any sort of view at all. So it is certainly a prominent landmark, even for those of Read More …