Place de Ménilmontant

Place de Ménilmontant is a square in Paris, Île-de-France. Place de Ménilmontant is situated nearby to Square Idir, as well as near the church Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix de Ménilmontant.

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Type: Pedestrian zone
Description: square in Paris, France
Also known as: “place de Menilmontant”, “place de Ménilmontant”, and “place de Ménilmontant, Paris”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix de Ménilmontant and Père Lachaise Cemetery.

Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix de Ménilmontant

Church

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Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix de Ménilmontant is a Roman Catholic parish church located in Ménilmontant, in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was built between 1863 and 1880. Of exceptional height and length, it is one of the largest churches in Paris.

Père Lachaise Cemetery

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The 20th arrondissement of Paris lies to the east of the centre and represents an old working-class area now in rapid transformation. The main drawing card here for tourists is the Père-Lachaise Cemetery, though, for travellers who are interested in music and culture, this relatively gritty area is probably going to be one of your main night-crawling areas. Père Lachaise Cemetery is situated 1 km southeast of Place de Ménilmontant.

Parc de Belleville

Park

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The Parc de Belleville, one of the parks and gardens of the 20th arrondissement of Paris, is situated between the Parc des Buttes Chaumont and the Père Lachaise Cemetery. Parc de Belleville is situated 410 metres northwest of Place de Ménilmontant.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ménilmontant and Belleville.

Ménilmontant

Suburb

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Ménilmontant is a neighbourhood of Paris, situated in the city's 20th arrondissement. It is roughly defined as the area north of the Père Lachaise Cemetery, south of Parc de Belleville, and between Avenue Jean-Aicard on the west and Rue Pelleport on the east.

Belleville

Quarter

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Belleville is a neighbourhood of Paris, France, parts of which lie in four different arrondissements. The major portion of Belleville straddles the borderline between the 20th arrondissement and the 19th along its main street, the Rue de Belleville.