Avenue Junot ← Memorable Movies And Montmartre

Montmartre’s Millionaires’ Row

Montmartre's Millionaires' Row
Avenue Junot is being bandied as the Millionaire’s Row of Montmartre. But it hasn’t always been so. Until 1910, this part of Montmartre was known as  le maquis, a squatters area home to les miserables, the poor artists and the vagabonds. Even the city police didn’t dare patrol or enter this then tightly inhabited area. After ...