The Rue des Martyrs is a street that passes through the 9th and
18th
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In mathematics
* Eighteen is a composite number, its divisors being 1, 2, 3, 6 and 9. Three of these divisors (3, 6 and 9) add up to 18, hence 18 is a semiperfect numb ...
arrondissements of
Paris
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,
France
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.
The street is an old historic route in
Pigalle Pigalle may refer to:
Places
;Paris, France
*Quartier Pigalle, an area in Paris around the Place Pigalle, on the border between the 9th and the 18th arrondissements
*Place Pigalle, public square in the Quartier Pigalle at the foot of the Montmartre ...
leading up to the village of
Montmartre
Montmartre ( , ) is a large hill in Paris's northern 18th arrondissement. It is high and gives its name to the surrounding district, part of the Right Bank. The historic district established by the City of Paris in 1995 is bordered by Rue Ca ...
, linking the church of
Notre-Dame-de-Lorette
Notre Dame de Lorette (), also known as Ablain St.-Nazaire French Military Cemetery, is the world's largest French military cemetery.Sacré-Cœur. It is lined with around 200 shops and restaurants.
The name derives from the first bishop of Paris and
patron saint
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of Paris, Saint Denis, who was decapitated during the time of the
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post-Roman Republic, Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings aro ...
in the 3rd century. He travelled on this road and died close to where the
Basilica of Saint-Denis
The Basilica of Saint-Denis (french: Basilique royale de Saint-Denis, links=no, now formally known as the ) is a large former medieval abbey church and present cathedral in the commune of Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris. The building ...
was founded subsequently.
The Circus Medrano (originally called Cirque Fernando) was a
circus
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located at 63
Boulevard de Rochechouart
The Boulevard Marguerite-de-Rochechouart is a street in Paris, France, situated at the foot of Montmartre and to its south. Like the neighbouring street, it is named after Marguerite de Rochechouart de Montpipeau (1665–1727), abbess of Montmar ...
, at the corner with rue des Martyrs in the 18th arrondissement at the edge of Montmartre.
References
Further reading
* ''The Only Street in Paris: Life on the Rue des Martyrs'' by Elaine Sciolino. W.W. Norton & Company, 2015. .