Montmartre -  Le Sacre-Coeur 

In the fifty years from 1890 to 1940, it was at one time or another home to : Modigliani, Utrillo, Valadon, Picasso and Braque. Sight abound  : the Place du Tertre, heart of the old village and magnet for painters and portrait artists; the Sacré-Coeur, a vast basilica; the Rue Lepic where Theo and Vincent Van Gogh once lived.  The rue Norvins, the main street of the village, the Montmartre Museum - The Place des Abesses with its magnificent Art Nouveau subway entrance, and the Moulin Rouge, the famous cabaret of which Toulouse-Lautrec was so fond...

Le Sacre-Coeur

The name means 'Martyrs' Hill' because of the martyrdom of Saint Denis.  In 1534 here was founded 'la Compagnie de Jésus' (Jésuites).  Unitl the french revolution, a large abbey looked down on the hill. It was distroyed as the most Parisian churches.  In 1873, the Cardinal Guibert got the permission from the 'Assemblée Nationale' to bild a new Basilica on the famous hill, which we can visit today.