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7 unusual facts about Montmartre


Aisy-sous-Thil

Edith Royer, founder of the Brotherhood "Prayer and Penance" of Montmartre, was born in the diocese of Sens on 14 June 1841, in the village of Aisy, located on the border of Burgundy and Champagne.

Alla Bayanova

A major step forward in her career was when she assisted Alexander Vertinsky in his famous show at the Hermitage Restaurant, Montmartre.

Aristide Bruant

Making his way to the Montmartre Quarter of Paris, he hung out in the working-class bistros, where he finally was given an opportunity to show his musical talents.

Francis Lai

While in his twenties, Francis Lai left home and went to Paris where he became part of the lively Montmartre music scene.

Lucien Génin

Lucien Génin (Rouen, 9 November 1894 - Paris, 26 August 1953) was a French painter in the milieu of pre-World War I, and 1920s Montmartre and Saint-Germain-des-Prés.

Protopelicanus

It was briefly described and figured by Georges Cuvier in 1822 from Late Eocene material from Montmartre, France, though not formally described and named until 1852 by German botanist and ornithologist Ludwig Reichenbach as an early pelecanid.

Saint-Jean-de-Montmartre

The reinforced concrete structure followed a system developed by the engineer Paul Cottancin.


Adrien Lavieille

He also painted in Montmartre, where he lived during his youthful days, and, as his father, at Moret-sur-Loing, near Fontainebleau.

Adrien Lavieille (March 29, 1848, Montmartre – February 5, 1920, Chartres) was a French painter.

André Gillois

In 1954, Gillois created one of the first French TV gameshows, Télé Match, with Jacques Antoine and Pierre Bellemare, and in 1958 a jury (including Georges Simenon) awarded him the prix du Quai des Orfèvres for his crime novel 125, rue Montmartre.

Antoine Chintreuil

1846–1850 he painted Paris and its surroundings, particularly Montmartre; from 1850–1857 he lived in Igny and frequently painted in Barbizon, and from 1857 on he lived and worked in La Tournelle-Septeuil in the Seine valley.

Bal du moulin de la Galette

The painting depicts a typical Sunday afternoon at Moulin de la Galette in the district of Montmartre in Paris.

Dancer in a café

In the company of her friend Marie Laurencin, Nicole Poiret frequented the bohemian world of Montmartre, Le Bateau-Lavoir and the Cubists.

Édouard Verreaux

Veraux, pére et fils, naturalistes préparateurs, boulevard Montmartre, No. 6, 1833 - Cataloged objects of natural history, component of the firm Veraux, father and son, preparer-naturalists, Boulevard Montmartre, No. 6.

Gaston Modot

Modot lived in Montmartre at the beginning of the 20th century where he met Picasso and Modigliani.

Henri Mulet

He was born on 17 October 1878 in Montmartre under the shadow of Sacré-Coeur Paris, France, and died on 20 September 1967 in Draguignan, France.

Live at the Elysee Montmartre

Live at the Elysée Montmartre is a music DVD by Keziah Jones.

Maxime Dethomas

Dethomas enrolled at the École des Arts Décoratifs in 1887 at which he studied for a brief time, followed by a more varied course, from 1891 onwards, at the Académie de La Palette (104 Boulevard de Clichy in Montmartre) directed by Henri Gervex, Puvis de Chavannes and Eugène Carrière.

Moïse Kisling

For a short time he lived in the Bateau-Lavoir in Montmartre, and in 1911–12 spent nearly a year at Céret.

Paul Cottancin

He is known for the church of Saint-Jean-de-Montmartre in Paris, which he designed in collaboration with the architect Anatole de Baudot.

Philippe Jullian

Other books include Montmartre (1977) and Les Orientalistes (1977), works of art history; and biographies of Edward VII (1962), Wilde (1967), Gabriele D’Annunzio (1971), Jean Lorrain (1974), Violet Trefusis (1976), and Sarah Bernhardt.

Place Pigalle

The Place Pigalle is a public square located in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, between the Boulevard de Clichy and the Boulevard de Rochechouart, near Sacré-Cœur, at the foot of the Montmartre hill.

Raymond Besse

He loved to illustrate the life in and around the capital city, especially in the northern areas of Saint-Ouen, Montmartre, Clichy and around the Canal Saint-Martin.

Two Hearts Beat as One

The music video was directed by Meiert Avis and was filmed on Montmartre in Paris in March 1983 and portrays the band performing the song, intercut with scenes of an acrobat and other scenes featuring Peter Rowan.


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