Paris Montmartre engl., Place du Tertre
Place du Tertreby rémi
This square rises on 130 meters above the city so it’s the highest place of Paris
Tertre can by be translated by midden in English, because Montmartre has been an ancient village of Paris tendered in 1860 by napoleon the third
Formerly this place vas located against the wall o Montmartre abbey,
From the 19th century, several painters such as :they were attracted by the village, still rural at hat time, for the quality of the natural light and the cheap rents
Romantics
Delacroix, Gericault and Corot and then impressionists took up the place Monet Renoir, Degas, Cezanne Gauguin or we can evocate Utrillo, Lautrec, van Gogh who had their studios
Parenthesis
if you walk down ,you’ll see the Bateau Lavoir,”named by max Jacob the central laboratory of painture, the childbirth of modern art(Picasso, Mauffra, Modigliani Braque) art was born and Picasso painted in 1906 les demoiselles of’ Avignon
Diary life was difficult at that time, it was “la bohemia” theses painters weren’t recognized, their studios were cold, they didn’t eat a lot, and it was of free way of life, people, rich and poor were mixed up, well of people who came to see the shows of the girls in the cabarets/ end of parenthesis
The square had its importance because these artists exposed their paintings and was the heart of the village
Today tradition goes on: with its amateur painters, caricaturists, and portrait artists
This square is surrounded by cafés and restaurants among them, mother’s Catherine: in 1814 when Russians army was in Paris, they “settled” the square and went in this restaurant shouting “bistro which means “quick” and that’s why ,bistro is designated for a café or a bar
And look at the n 13, which is today Montmartre tourist office (the only one borough tourist office)it’s used to be the head office of an original association “la commune libre de paris” created in 1920 to keep remember the spirit of freedom and bohemian life in Montmartre