Canal saint martin

Real heart of the city, the Republic’s place is the result of a gradual adjustment to suit many architectural and urban operations.

It is located south of the ancient Roman forum. In the Middle Ages it is reduced to a narrow courtyard between the Church of St.Trophime and the Church of St. Anne. His current area was occupied by several blocks of houses.

It is mainly from the construction of City Hall in the seventeenth century, the place is profoundly changed.

It is enriched over time monument style and various functions, to present a final original set, punctuated by the order of multiple fronts, giving it the look of an Italian place.

Its large surface allows it to accommodate the public of important traditional events, such as the triennial election of the “Queen of Arles.”

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The hill of Belleville, one of the highest points of the capital with the one of Montmartre, which was once covered with vineyards that produced the tavern, a young wine and bubbly. The La Taverne Royale called the Piquette, whose name will be diverted in the future. Later, she was home – while Belleville was still an independent municipality of the capital – the cabarets where gypsum quarry workers came to relax and have taken their name to the wine produced there.

The turn of the century will see the rehabilitation of the hill has become unsafe with the creation of Belleville Park, a garden of 4.5 hectares, overlooking all of Paris today. The visitor stopped in amazement before this unique and beautiful panorama.

According to his walks, one can find a cascading fountain, unfortunately devoid of water in winter, we will not show (what could be sadder than a fountain without water?), A theater full air that we could show you and a small wooden bridge and, like the other best known, does little more than a great mystery …

And then time passes. Nature take its course, it has been so long robbed. Trees  soar, untamed. Basically,  a school house, a relic of a now defunct attendance. But  he will remain at the bottom, the memory of an unexpected encounter …

[Belleville's Parc, Paris XX]

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