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Montmartre is a 130-metre hill in the northern 18th arrondissement of Paris that gives its name to the surrounding district on the Right Bank. It is known above all for its artistic history, for the white-domed Basilica of the Sacré-Cœur on its summit, and as a nightclub district. Around the turn of the 20th century, during the Belle Époque, many artists lived, worked or had studios here, among them Modigliani, Monet, Renoir, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Suzanne Valadon, Picasso and Van Gogh. The historic district designated by the City of Paris in 1995 covers 60 hectares.
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Besides the Sacré-Cœur, the hill has Saint-Pierre de Montmartre, built in 1147 as the church of Montmartre Abbey. Visitors come day and night to the Place du Tertre, known for artists who paint portraits of tourists, and to the Lapin Agile cabaret where artists once gathered. Picasso and Modigliani lived and worked at the Bateau-Lavoir in 1904–1909, where Picasso painted Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. The Musée de Montmartre occupies the house where Maurice Utrillo and Suzanne Valadon had their studios, a small vineyard on Rue Saint-Vincent yields about 500 litres of wine a year, and Degas and François Truffaut are buried in Montmartre's cemeteries.
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The Montmartre Funicular climbs to the Sacré-Cœur from Place Saint-Pierre, sparing you the 222 steps of Rue Foyatier, which runs alongside it. Four metro lines serve the neighbourhood: line 2 (stations including Blanche, Pigalle and Anvers), line 4, line 12 (including Abbesses and Lamarck - Caulaincourt) and line 13. Several RATP bus lines cross the area, and line 40, formerly the Montmartrobus, is the only one that runs on the hilltop itself.
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The hill is 130 metres high, with the Sacré-Cœur on its summit.
Yes. The Montmartre Funicular runs up from Place Saint-Pierre, next to the 222 steps of Rue Foyatier.
Line 12 serves the hill at Abbesses and Lamarck - Caulaincourt; line 2 stops at Anvers and Pigalle.
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