Montmartre
Montmartre is a 130-metre hill in the northern 18th arrondissement, rising above Paris and giving its name to the surrounding district on the Right Bank. At the summit, the white-domed Basilica of the Sacré-Cœur anchors Montmartre’s best-known view of the city—and it’s also the reason people still come here, both for the landscape and for what it represents. On the same slope stands Saint Pierre de Montmartre, built in 1147, which served as the church of the prestigious Montmartre Abbey. The hill also links to an episode that points beyond local faith: on 15 August 1534, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Saint Francis Xavier, and five companions bound themselves by vows in the Martyrium of Saint Denis—described here as the first step in the creation of the Jesuits. In the Belle Époque, Montmartre became a magnet for artists and studios, with figures ranging from Claude Monet and Edgar Degas to Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh. …
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