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Ménilmontant
Ménilmontant () is a neighbourhood of Paris, situated in the city's 20th arrondissement. It is roughly defined as the area north of the Père Lachaise Cemetery, south of Parc de Belleville, and between ''Avenue Jean-Aicard'' on the west and ''Rue Pelleport'' on the east. The neighborhood includes an 87 m (285.4 ft) high hill, making it the third-highest neighborhood in Paris (after Montmartre and neighboring Belleville). Throughout much of the Middle Ages, what is now known as Ménilmontant was a rural hilltop hamlet within the independent commune (municipality) of Belleville, where wealthy Parisians vacationed. By the 19th century, as a result of the industrial revolution and urbanization, Ménilmontant quickly grew to include a large immigrant and working-class population, and in 1860, it was, like other suburbs surrounding the French capital, annexed into the city of Paris. By the mid-late 20th century, many artists, musicians, students, and hippies began to move into th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ménilmontant (Paris Métro)
Ménilmontant () is a station on Paris Métro Line 2, on the border of the 11th and 20th arrondissements. Location The station is established at the start of Boulevard de Ménilmontant at its junction with Boulevard de Belleville, at the intersection with Rue de Ménilmontant and Rue Oberkampf. Oriented approximately along a north-west / south-east axis, it is located between the Couronnes and Père Lachaise stations. History The station was opened on 31 January 1903 as part of the extension of line 2 (known at the time as "2 Nord") from Anvers to ''Bagnolet'' (now called Alexandre Dumas). It is named after the ''Boulevard de Ménilmontant'', which was named after a hamlet, annexed by Belleville before the French Revolution and in turn by Paris in 1860. It was the location of the ''Barrière de Ménilmontant'', a gate built for the collection of taxation as part of the Wall of the Farmers-General; the gate was built between 1784 and 1788 and demolished during the 19th centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rue De Ménilmontant
Rue de Ménilmontant is a street which runs through the 20e arrondissement of Paris, France. History The street, formerly a (path), took its name from the hamlet of , that it led to, in the thirteen century. In 1732 the street was altered to be less steep, in 1733 it was made wider and in 1734, by order of the King, trees were planted on both sides. From 1777 to 1806 it was separated in three parts. The first part between rue de la Folie-Méricourt and rue Popincourt was called , the second part ending was called , the third and last part was called . Since 1806 the whole length has been entirely known as rue de Ménilmontant. In 1860 Baron Haussmann integrate the village of Ménilmontant into Paris, making rue de Ménilmontant a street of Paris. Name origin The word (from the latin '')'' meant country house and was also sometimes used to designate a hamlet. The name later became then and finally , probably due to the steepness of the street ( meaning climbing). Clos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Père Lachaise (Paris Métro)
Père Lachaise () is a station of the Paris Métro, serving Line 2 and Line 3 on the border of the 11th and 20th arrondissements. Location The station is located at the intersection of Boulevard de Ménilmontant, Avenue de la République and Avenue Gambetta, west of Place Auguste-Métivier, the platforms being positioned: * on line 2, south of the intersection, under Boulevard de Ménilmontant (between ''Ménilmontant'' and ''Philippe Auguste'' stations); * on line 3, west of the intersection under the end of Avenue de la République (between ''Rue Saint-Maur'' and '' Gambetta'', not counting the old ''Martin Nadaud'' station upstream of the second). History The station was opened on 31 January 1903 as part of the extension of Line 2 (known at the time as "2 Nord") from Anvers to Bagnolet (now called Alexandre Dumas). The Line 3 platforms opened on 19 October 1904 as part of the first section of the line between Père Lachaise and Villiers. It was a terminus for three mont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belleville, Paris
Belleville () is a neighbourhood of Paris, France, parts of which lie in four different arrondissements. The major portion of Belleville straddles the borderline between the 20th arrondissement and the 19th along its main street, the ''Rue de Belleville''. The remainder lies in the 10th and 11th arrondissements. It was once the independent commune (municipality) of Belleville which was annexed by the City of Paris in 1860 and divided between two arrondissements. Geographically, the neighborhood is situated on and around a hill which vies with Montmartre as the highest in Paris. The name Belleville literally means "beautiful town". History Historically, Belleville was a working-class neighborhood. People living in the independent village of Belleville played a large part in establishing the Second French Republic through their actions during the Revolution of 1848. In 1871, residents of the incorporated neighborhood of Belleville were some of the strongest supporters of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Arrondissement Of Paris
The 20th arrondissement of Paris (known in French as the ''XXe arrondissement de Paris'' or simply as "''le vingtième''") is the last of the consecutively numbered Arrondissements of Paris, arrondissements of the capital city of France. Also known as Ménilmontant () after the Ménilmontant neighbourhood it encompasses in its northwest, it is located on the Rive Droite, right bank of the Seine, River Seine and contains some of the city's most cosmopolitan districts. It covers four Quarters of Paris, quarters: Belleville, Paris, Belleville, Saint-Fargeau, Père-Lachaise and Charonne quarter, Charonne. In 2019, it had a population of 194,994. The 20th arrondissement is internationally best known for its Père Lachaise Cemetery, the world's most-visited cemetery where one can find the tombs of a number of famous artists. Geography The land area of this arrondissement is 5.984 km2 (2.31 sq. miles, or 1,479 acres). Demographics The population of Paris's 20th arrondissement peak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Couronnes (Paris Métro)
Couronnes () is a station on Paris Métro Line 2, on the border of the 11th and 20th arrondissements. History The station was opened on 31 January 1903 as part of the extension of line 2 (known at the time as "2 Nord") from Anvers to ''Bagnolet'' (now called Alexandre Dumas). It is named after the ''Rue des Couronnes'', which was named after either the local village of ''Les Couronnes-sous-Savies'', or from a tavern called ''Les Trois Couronnes''. It was the location of the ''Barrière des Trois-Couronnes'', a gate built for the collection of taxation as part of the Wall of the Farmers-General; the gate was built between 1784 and 1788 and demolished during the 19th century. In 2020, with the Covid-19 crisis, 1,623,475 passengers entered this station, that places it in 157th position for metro stations in terms of attendance. 1903 disaster The station was the site of a fire and stampede that caused the worst catastrophe in the history of the Paris Métro, killing 84 peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Métro
The Paris Métro (french: Métro de Paris ; short for Métropolitain ) is a rapid transit system in the Paris metropolitan area, France. A symbol of the Paris, city, it is known for its density within the capital's territorial limits, uniform architecture and Paris Métro entrances by Hector Guimard, unique entrances influenced by Art Nouveau. It is mostly underground and long. It has 308 stations, of which 64 have transfers between lines. The Montmartre funicular is considered to be part of the metro system, within which is represented by a 303rd fictive station "Funiculaire". There are 16 lines (with an additional four Grand Paris Express, under construction), numbered 1 to 14, with two lines, Paris Métro Line 3bis, 3bis and Paris Métro Line 7bis, 7bis, named because they started out as branches of Paris Métro Line 3, Line 3 and Paris Métro Line 7, Line 7 respectively. Paris Métro Line 1, Line 1 and Paris Métro Line 14, Line 14 are List of automated train systems, automat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Métro Line 2
Paris Métro Line 2 ( French: ''Ligne 2 du métro de Paris'') is one of the sixteen lines of the Paris Métro. Situated almost entirely above the former customs barrier around the capital (''Boulevards extérieurs''), it runs in a semicircle in the north of Paris. As its name suggests, Line 2 was the second line of the Métro network to open, with the first section put into service on 13 December 1900; it adopted its current configuration on 2 April 1903, running between Porte Dauphine and Nation. There have been no changes in its service pattern since. At in length, it is the ninth-busiest line of the system, with 105.2 million riders in 2017. Slightly over of the line is built on an elevated viaduct with four aerial stations. In 1903, it was the location of the worst incident in the history of the Paris Métro, the fire at Couronnes. History Chronology *13 December 1900: The first portion of Line 2 Nord was opened between Porte Dauphine and Étoile. *7 October 1902: The li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Père Lachaise Cemetery (french: Cimetière du Père-Lachaise ; formerly , "East Cemetery") is the largest cemetery in Paris, France (). With more than 3.5 million visitors annually, it is the most visited necropolis in the world. Notable figures in the arts buried at Père Lachaise include Michel Ney, Frédéric Chopin, Émile Waldteufel, Édith Piaf, Marcel Proust, Georges Méliès, Marcel Marceau, Sarah Bernhardt, Oscar Wilde, Thierry Fortineau, J.R.D. Tata, Jim Morrison and Sir Richard Wallace. The Père Lachaise is located in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, 20th arrondissement and was the first garden cemetery, as well as the first municipal cemetery in Paris. It is also the site of three World War I memorials. The cemetery is located on the Boulevard de Ménilmontant. The Paris Métro station Philippe Auguste (Paris Métro), Philippe Auguste on Paris Métro Line 2, Line 2 is next to the main entrance, while the station Père Lachaise (Paris Métro), Père Lachaise, on both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Simonianism
Saint-Simonianism was a French political, religious and social movement of the first half of the 19th century, inspired by the ideas of Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon (1760–1825). Saint-Simon's ideas, expressed largely through a succession of journals such as ''l'Industrie'' (1816), ''La politique'' (1818) and ''L'Organisateur'' (1819–20)Hewett, 2008 focused on the perception that growth in industrialization and scientific discovery would have profound changes on society. He believed that society would restructure itself by abandoning traditional ideas of temporal and spiritual power, an evolution that would lead, inevitably, to a productive society based on and benefiting from, a " ... union of men engaged in useful work"; the basis of "true equality". Saint-Simon's writings Saint-Simon's earliest publications, such as his ''Introduction aux travaux scientifiques du XIXe siècle (Introduction to scientific discoveries of the 19th century)'' (1803) and his ''Mà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jms Paris Elevation Hydrography
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