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Montmartre is a hill which is 130 metres high, an also the name of the surrounding district, in the north of Paris in the 18th arrondissement, a part of the Right Bank, primarily known for the white-domed Basilica of the Sacré Cœur on its summit and as a nightclub district. The other, older, church on the hill is Saint Pierre de Montmartre, which claims to be the location at which the Jesuit order of priests was founded. Many artists had studios or worked around the community of Montmartre such as Salvador Dalí, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh.

Trivia about montmartre

  • Part of Paris whose name comes from the French for "Martyr's Hill"
  • The highest elevation in Paris is in this artsy area, home to the church of Sacre Coeur
  • Sacre bleu! At the top of this Paris hill is the Sacre Coeur Basilica
  • The Sacre-Couer Basilica stands atop a hill in this area of Paris
  • Maurice Utrillo's White Period featured streets of this Paris area, also home to Amelie & Toulouse-Lautrec
  • Maurice Utrillo often painted scenes of this area of Paris & its best-known landmark, Sacre Coeur

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