Paris - Montmartre
There are two common explanations for the name Montmartre. One is that is comes from Mons Mercurii (Mercury's Mount), after a temple of Mercury which is said to have stood here. The other is that the name is a corruption of Mont des Martyrs, since legend has it that St Dionysius (Denis), first bishop of Paris, was executed here along with his companions Rusticus and Eleutherius.
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Nowadays there are three Montmartres: the Butte Montmartre, the hill (129m/423ft) on which are the Sacré-Coeur, the Place du Tertre and various little theaters and revues like Michou's crazy drag show in Rue des Martyrs; the residential quarter of Montmartre; and the entertainment quarter on the Boulevard de Clichy with its numerous erotic establishments, which are also to be found round the legendary Moulin Rouge and in the adjoining side streets.
Related Attractions
Montmartre Cemetery
The Montmartre cemetery, the second largest in Paris, was opened in 1795. It contains the graves of Heinrich Heine, Jean- Honoré Fragonard and Hector Berlioz (Avenue Hector Berlioz), Théophile Gautier (Avenue Cordier), Edgar Degas (Avenue de Montebello), Jacques Offenbach (Avenue des Anglais), Stendhal (Avenue de la Croix), Emile Zola (Carrefour de la Croix), François Truffaut, Samuel Beckett and many other notable figures.
Hours
March 16 to November 5
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 7:30 | 7:30 | 7:30 | 7:30 | 7:30 | 7:30 | 9:00 |
| Close | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
November 6 to March 15
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 8:30 | 8:30 | 8:30 | 8:30 | 8:30 | 8:30 | 9:00 |
| Close | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
Disabled
Full facilities for persons with disabilities.
Centre International de l'Automobile
This exhibition displays over 110 vehicles in a 10,000 sq. area.
Hours
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 |
| Close | 18:00 | 22:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
May Day / Labor Day (May 1)
All Saints' Day - Christian (November 1)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
May Day / Labor Day (May 1)
All Saints' Day - Christian (November 1)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Group visit by appointment only.
Guided tour reserves 2 days in advance.
Documentation available in foreign languages.
Disabled
Full facilities for persons with disabilities.
Guides
Guided tour included with admission.
Facilities
Gift shop
Restaurant or food service
Restaurant or food service
Fondation Dosne Thiers
The Napoleonic memorabilia Masson fund visit by request only. Library that specialised in the history of France in the nineteenth century, installed in the private mansion of Thiers.
Montmarte Funicular
Montmartre, Paris's highest hill, has its only funicular, running between Place Saint-Pierre and the Sacré-Coeur.
Musée Baccarat
This Paris museum contains over 1,200 pieces of Baccarat crystal illustrating its development from 1828 to the present day.
Hours
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | Closed |
| Close | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
Always opened on:
Easter Monday - Christian (Apr 09)
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
May Day / Labor Day (May 1)
Bastille Day - France (July 14)
Remembrance Day / 1918 Armistice Day (November 11)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Easter Monday - Christian (Apr 09)
Pentecost Monday (Whit Monday) - Christian (May 28)
Ascension Thursday - Christian (May 17)
May Day / Labor Day (May 1)
Bastille Day - France (July 14)
Remembrance Day / 1918 Armistice Day (November 11)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Easter Monday - Christian (Apr 09)
Pentecost Monday (Whit Monday) - Christian (May 28)
Ascension Thursday - Christian (May 17)
Guides
Guided tour included with admission.
Facilities
Gift shop
Musée Dalí (Espace Salvador Dalí)
The Musée Dalí in Paris contains paintings and sculpture by Salvador Dalí.
Espace Dali has the only permanent exhibit entirely deddicated to Dali. Many of the sculptures illustrate literature such as Romeo and Juliet, Don Quixote and excerpts from the Bible.
Espace Dali has the only permanent exhibit entirely deddicated to Dali. Many of the sculptures illustrate literature such as Romeo and Juliet, Don Quixote and excerpts from the Bible.
Musée Dalí / Espace Salvador Dalí
11 rue Poulbot
Espace Montmartre
F-75018 Paris
France
11 rue Poulbot
Espace Montmartre
F-75018 Paris
France
Hours
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
Group visit and guide tour reserve one day in advance.
Documentation available in foreign languages.
Guides
Guided tour included with admission.
Facilities
Gift shop
Musée National Gustave Moreau
This is the house and studio of the Symbolist painter Gustave Moreau (1826-98), now a museum, with around 1,000 paintings and 7,000 drawings.
Musée National Gustave Moreau
14 rue de la Rochefoucauld
F-75009 Paris
France
14 rue de la Rochefoucauld
F-75009 Paris
France
Hours
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | Closed | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 12:45 | 12:45 | 12:45 | 12:45 | 12:45 | 12:45 | |
| Open | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | |
| Close | 17:15 | 17:15 | 17:15 | 17:15 | 17:15 | 17:15 |
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
May Day / Labor Day (May 1)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
May Day / Labor Day (May 1)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Guides
Guided tour included with admission.
Facilities
Gift shop
Musée d'Art Naif Max Fourny
Halle Saint-Pierre is redeveloped by Pavillon Baltard. There are permanent collections of naive art from around the world.
Hours
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
May Day / Labor Day (May 1)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
May Day / Labor Day (May 1)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Group visit reserves one month in advance.
Documentation available in foreign languages.
Last admission 5:30 pm.
Disabled
Full facilities for persons with disabilities.
Guides
Guided tour included with admission.
Facilities
Gift shop
Restaurant or food service
Restaurant or food service
Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme
This is the museum of Jewish art and contains art objects from Poland.
There are tomb stones, models of synagogues and a specialized book shop.
There are tomb stones, models of synagogues and a specialized book shop.
Hours
September 1 to July 31
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | Closed | 11:00 |
| Close | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
Facilities
Gift shop
Musée de la Vie Romantique
The Musée de la Vie Roantique in Rue Chaptal (No. 16) in Montmartre displays numerous mementos of the artistic and literary figures who frequented the salon of the Dutch painter Ary Scheffer (1795-1858) in this elegant villa of the Restoration period, among them George Sand and Chopin, Delacroix, Liszt, Ingres, Lamartine and Turgenev.
Musée de la Vie Romantique
16 rue Chapel
F-75009 Paris
France
16 rue Chapel
F-75009 Paris
France
Hours
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | Closed | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 17:50 | 17:50 | 17:50 | 17:50 | 17:50 | 17:50 |
Guides
Guided tour included with admission.
Musée du Grand Orient de France et de la Franc-Maconnerie Europeenne
There are documents tracing back the history of the Order in France.
Musée du Grand Orient de France et de la Franc-Maconnerie Europeenne
16 rue Cadet
F-75009 Paris
France
16 rue Cadet
F-75009 Paris
France
Hours
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | Closed |
| Close | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
Disabled
Full facilities for persons with disabilities.
Place des Abbesses
In the triangular Place des Abbesses is one of the handsomest of Paris's Métros, with an Art Nouveau entrance by Victor Guimard. Opposite it is the church of Saint-Jean- l'Evangéliste (by Anatole de Baudot, 1904), a concrete structure faced with red brick notable for its simplicity and clarity of form.
Saint-Pierre-de-Montmartre
The church of Saint-Pierre in Rue du Mont- Cenis in Montmartre is a relic of the 12th C Benedictine convent whose last abbess died on the guillotine in 1794. Four black marble columns in the choir and at the west end of the nave have survived from the original Merovingian church built in the seventh century on the site of a Roman temple of Mercury. The present church is mainly Early Gothic; the choir was consecrated in 1147 in presence of the great Catholic reformer Bernard of Clairvaux.
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