Montmartre is primarily known for its artistic history, the white-domed Basilica of the Sacre-Cœur on its summit, as well as a nightclub district.
| FactSnippet No. 785,338 |
10 Facts About Montmartre
2.
Montmartre built a small chapel, called the Martyrium, at the site where it was believed that Saint Denis had been decapitated.
| FactSnippet No. 785,339 |
3.
In 1871, Montmartre was the site of the beginning of the revolutionary uprising of the Paris Commune.
| FactSnippet No. 785,340 |
4.
The heights of Montmartre were retaken by the French Army with heavy fighting at the end of May 1871, during what became known as the Semaine Sanglante, or "Bloody Week".
| FactSnippet No. 785,341 |
5.
Montmartre ran for a seat in the council of the Paris Commune, but received less than eight hundred votes.
| FactSnippet No. 785,342 |
6.
Montmartre did not participate in the Commune, and was out of the city when the Commune was suppressed by the French army.
| FactSnippet No. 785,343 |
7.
Artists who performed in the cabarets of Montmartre included Yvette Guilbert, Marcelle Lender, Aristide Bruant, La Goulue, Georges Guibourg, Mistinguett, Frehel, Jane Avril, and Damia.
| FactSnippet No. 785,344 |
8.
Musee de Montmartre is in the house where the painters Maurice Utrillo and Suzanne Valadon lived and worked in second-floor studios.
| FactSnippet No. 785,345 |
9.
Montmartre is an officially designated historic district with limited development allowed in order to maintain its historic character.
| FactSnippet No. 785,346 |
10.
An inclined railway, the Funiculaire de Montmartre, operated by the RATP, ascends the hill from the south while the Montmartre bus circles the hill.
| FactSnippet No. 785,347 |