Montmartre

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www.aparisguide.com/montmartre/saint-pierre.jpg

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Church of St. Pierre which is one of the oldest in Paris and even contains some original Roman columns. (they say Dante came here to pray) The name Montmartre was originally Roman meaning "Mount of Mars" but was later changed by less pagan French to "Mount of Martyrs" or Montmartre.

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Another famous cabaret is in this area-the Lapin Agile Cabaret where the usual gang of later wildly famous artists gathered for evenings of entertainment. If you have read much art history it is slightly unreal to find the abstract so suddenly rendered concrete-

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Be sure to visit the famous Bateau Lavoire at #13 Place Emile-Goudeau. Picasso's studio was here and at times Braque and Juan Gris, Modigliani and Apollinaire the poet all lived here. It is without a doubt the most famous art "studio" in the world. Any biography of any of these artists and poets will give you countless stories of the wild days at Bateau Lavoire. Many of the same artists painted the Moulin de la Galette in various conditions. It is now a restaurant, but in terms of art history, a much more important landmark than the better known Moulin Rouge and older too. These are the only two windmills left on the hill which was once literally covered with them. …..